When the world has to

beat a path to your

door,

that says a lot about

your mousetrap—– but

not much about your

front yard.

 

I need to stop

trying to look up

stuff on

my type-writer

I must assume it’s

no big deal to

accidentally leave

the lens cap on

an X-ray machine

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Ships are

always in

ship shape.

That’s why

they call

them ships

Pray,people al-ways shout whenever you’re about, too?

Why must I

wear a seatbelt

if I am not

wearing pants?

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I had a dream

I was falling off

of a cliff,

***

but when I awoke

***

I realized that

I was falling

off a cliff!

***

So, maybe it wasn’t

a dream, so much,

as it was a thing

I had just remembered

that I was doing

prisoner’s lament

photograph by Mary Cellini

Robert Ripley

was a cool guy,

as far as hew

was concerned

you could

believe it-or not.

***

There was no

middle ground.

***

He didn’t care.

***

He said,

Here it is.

Fuck you.

I have a hard time

believing I have a

skeleton inside of me.

***

A skeleton?!

***

And of all things.

***

What am I-

some kind of monster?

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