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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Bob Perelman




EVERYONE’S A POET

 

Isn’t “always”

a little overrated

 

and maybe a word

that should be polished

 

and placed

on the mantel

 

for occasional inspection?

Shiny.

 

Always shiny.

You’ve got to

 

give it that.

 

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SELF-IMPROVEMENT

 

Put down your puppet strings

and come out with your hands

at your sides, relaxed, bipedal,

bicameral, two of everything

mostly. Myriad-mindedness,

there you go.

The rest is up to you.

 

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