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They said they're on it . . . I have no reason to doubt them . . .
What about you? . . . Have you given it any thought
beyond Bo Peep's lost sheep? . . .
Don't sweat the effluvia of the current moment
or the cash bar . . . with its sharp edges
and penchant to stymie . . .
You have pinned many bogglers to the mat
and though the outcome has the potential to become tiresome
go with it . . . phone it in . . .
Unfasten the kayak . . . give it a paddle . . .
The morning's yawn . . . sparks a twitch . . . dormant for semesters . . .
Yes, this is! . . .

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Your days fill with the rigmarole of incidentals . . .
And now the weekend . . . with its pudgy demands
and misapprehensions . . .
Can you pick up the tab? . . .
That's a start at least . . . let's go . . . from there . . .
Why forfeit your ability to engage
by claiming ignorance . . . of the material
covered last week . . . in Chapter 11? . . .
You were tested on it, yes? . . .
The incomprehensibility you're experiencing is part of the lure . . .
And the hat? . . .
Was it the unfunniness of undressing
before Letterman's last hurrah
or something as irksome as plantar fasciitis? . . .
Wash and wear the evidence
adrift in espionage . . . with those avatars of yesteryear
so quick to pounce on inklings . . .
I know what you're thinking . . .

Paolo Roversi

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You try on Saturday . . . for the weekend . . .
The lure of the costume . . . its episodic fringe . . .
Little or nothing unwanted . . .
What about the delicatessan . . . or subletting . . . for that matter? . . .
Your bedroom eyes . . . jumpstart my ego . . .
We need to forward the email
lest interested parties will lose interest . . .
Then we'll have to wade through the cursory intro
doubtless written by an underling
trying to score points . . .
How many times have you gone there . . . on a lark? . . .
Those days . . . my dear . . . always come back
to haunt you . . . in or out of character . . .

Andrew Yee

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The streets fill with widows . . . and widowers
leashless dogs . . . nightmares . . .
What's going on here? . . .
Sorry for the interruption . . .
Please continue hitting up liaisons
for lunch money
while I sort through pocket change
for tokens . . . totems . . . talismans
of past players . . .
Look, here's Enzo Ferrari
fresh from a sabbatical
pieced together . . .
You remember . . . the champagne
hugging curves in your all-night gymkhana? . . .
In uniform, yes?
Meanwhile, homebodies suck up to succubi
ignoring installation instructions
and labels on mattresses
This may cause dizziness . . .
Do not operate machinery . . .
Don't say we didn't warn you! . . .
Maybe it's the type of year . . .
a Michael Jackson type of year . . .
an Elmer Fudd type of year . . .
tonal registers . . . bottlenecking . . .
trash piling up with unreturned returnables . . .
We have seen the enemy, etc. . . .
Open a window . . . will you please? . . .
The next chapter opens with . . . what? . . .
The executive chef distracted . . . by wallcreepers . . .

Adamo de Pax

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Recalibrating the unnecessary . . . as always . . .
The lines blur . . .
You escape into your obsessions . . .
The day arrives amid . . . stars and stripes . . .
of conspicuous deletions . . . and evacuations . . .
Clocks lose their patience . . .
with out-of-pocket co-pays . . .
and recurring beginners . . .
Do something . . . in an effort to . . .
or have you too fallen through the cracks? . . .
Really? . . . If you think about it . . .
I mean . . . if you really think about it . . .
Certainty peppered with arugula . . .
Too many covers, yes? . . .
I would have liked to hear the acoustic stuff . . .
from their first double album . . . of indiscretions . . .

Paolo Roversi