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  Orphanage Orchard

  

  By plombardo5, Wantage, NJ, NJ

  Berries, like a colony of pupils, Grow black and full From his ropes. A brighter dystopia. A kingless orphanage of vegetables. This is where to lose the ghosts- Your parent's photographs, Wire hangers, mattresses. This is where to find your own. Orchard kisses the children�...
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  Chaos Pure

  

  By plombardo5, Wantage, NJ, NJ

  Some prefer very Exact Refined Specific Machines With Tiny metronomes Decorating The thick rims Of their glasses. Some times metal Makes you soft and Some people Prefer that To hairy knuckles Hairy Jungles Hairy guitar chords Hairy hearts Maybe some people Kiss the whi...
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  Fever

  

  By plombardo5, Wantage, NJ, NJ

  Inside my stomach, A tribe of small men Push small boulders Against the red side Of my skin. It isn't their fault, Never was. We all have to Squeeze our bullets out Somehow. The bulls-eye knows. So does the trigger. It pulls at them both, Around midnight, When the light...
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  Self-Portrait

  

  By plombardo5, Wantage, NJ, NJ

  The night was So engrossed in himself That I had To ask, "What Makes a person? "What Makes (me) a person?" And the bar-lights told me one thing; the concrete disagreed. The eraser said "Shut up and Forget," but my shoes knew I couldn't. The w...