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Saturday, January 27, 2007

Previously owned (for Josh)

I'll cost you a bundle in labor and parts If you still think you want me, come jumpstart my heart At the end of my rope-burn The world's on my last nerve I'm at the end of my frayed tether I need sex and I need poundcake I need Dumbo's magic feather ¡Ayúdame! O graceful ease of the mexicana Cure... Sign in to see full entry.

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A wonderland of Lewis Carroll references

Bestiary (for Lewis Carrroll) A pudding fox and rhinoco-fairy are members of my beastiary Also roaming in my dreams is a bird with paws and a bear with wings But these zoo-morphic wonders grow quite pale next to the dog with the monkey tail And the tripli-corn with its golden mane and the peacock... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Undead

You left me for her and you left me for dead with an epitaph "It's not you," left at my head. But I never could sit still: I'm risen, I'm dating I'm Legosi, I'm Karloff Better go—my fans are waiting. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Under the influence (designated writer)

I'm scribbling thoughts with one hand on the wheel, I'm groping at poetry, copping a feel *anyone else ever write while driving? Sign in to see full entry.

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I which I get asked out twice in one week

I'm starting to look divorced. I'm exuding a certain scent of loneliness and stopped desire, and they're starting to take the hint. * I feel ashamed of my willful, sluttish and unaligned sex chakra, which I seem to be holding up like a finger, silently beckoning. This is a sometimes symptom of my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 20, 2007

I challenge you to a dual-personality

One voice inside my poems is a "special" part of me: Angry as an anthill and not fit for company. And then there is the sage who looks with love upon the world. Somewhere between the antill and the sage you'll find the girl. Sign in to see full entry.

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Vice squad

Would you like some cream and sugar with that cynicism, Sarah? Help, my chi needs adjusting I'm lighting my cig with the butt of another A mania is on, and this time it's a mother Ladies and gentlemen You're such a perfect gentleman, Or so you'd like me to think Yeah, right, and I'm a lady Give me a... Sign in to see full entry.

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An environmental warning

Monkeys don't grow on trees, you know. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 19, 2007

Oh, the cleverness of me

I'm learning to crochet My eyes are crossed and I'm starting to drool But by God, I'll make a scarf by next year's Yule All children except one grow up (with apologies to JM Barrie) To die would be an awfully big adventure. —from "Peter Pan" To die would be an awfully big adventure, But how about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Warning

People who live in glass houses shouldn't go home. Sign in to see full entry.

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