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Poems for the ordinarymind

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Dirtunder my nailsall year

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The way he ranhis limbs

an antelope

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On the boardwalkSo many people walkingTheir shadows mingle

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I listen to the sea

hoping to catchwhere something begins

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Sing, sparrow, sing

for everythingmy heart is not in it

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Sunset-losing youbit by bit

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meanwhilethere is rain ..

and dandelions

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Snowfall-may I die while it snowsand I fall out of the world

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hospital hallssometimes all you see

are machines

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English plantain

a weedwith a funny name

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The savior

showed upthe day after

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A cupboardfull of spices

and a hand

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Looking down the wellI have thoughts

that a voice dispels

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In the orchestraI am the one

Who plays the triangle

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Which reminds me-

the first fish I caughtI put in the bathtub

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The cat dreams of blood

look at it runlook at it run

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Dogs dream, tooregress

howl en masse

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I needed redto draw a field for black trees

and a bog with chairs

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How paint moves in water

like a ribbon or a webto build a Coliseum

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Candle flamehas it studiedDervish ways

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She comes in wavesI ridethemin

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A waterfall

where weleft off

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I watch her walk

until she disappearsthen have a smoke

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That homeless manwith an empty eye socket-

a field of buddhas

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The movie starletdecapitated in an accident

a field of buddhas

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The charred bodiesof those who could not escapea buddha field

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Take off your shoesbefore you enter the house

it is courteous

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Ebb tide-machine partsand seaweed

combine

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Grievances set aside

between estranged friendsSo the year ends

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