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THE FUTURE POET LAUREATE WRITES IN HER JOURNAL

I’ve been so swamped, I took a mental health day, called in sick. My poems are dwindling like unused extra fingers. But the signs weren’t good: first the car that wouldn’t start, then no heat in the apartment. And in between the therapist saying you have to learn to let go. Hell, I barely made it to the appointment. How can I relax when my mechanic charges twice as much as my therapist? I ask the radiator repairman, can’t you fix it so it doesn’t knock? I need things to be simpler than they are. Today my car still isn’t running

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Dave Morice

Yeast in Cloud Dust

bare back. Thighs cool and soft between the chair in the livingroom, the cup from the kitchen, and the unforgettable tv. to meet you after work, and you were late. Couches surrounded the Old Capitol Building like a haze with cushions. I sat down.

Maxwell Bodenheim

Minna XIV

Sometimes jaded, sometimes tranquil, Your eyes invade the tumult of your face. Your lips are the remnants of a love That made a sunset-cup of your face. The movements of your body Caress the couch you sit on into sound That seems to answer your words. You are restless because upon this couch The cold touch of your lover lies And seeps into you, reaching your heart.

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