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"You just don’t like Sunflowers"
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in way of teasing
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To prove me wrong she planted
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four. One, wild, grew true.
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33 plus years in the making
Con/Jur/d Summer 1987, SUNY Buffalo
Old wooden bus stop, empty.
Long green grass browning.
Sewer rat climbs from rust-grate.
Church bell tolls, hollow.
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Con/Jur/d: This happens to you
1 in 20’million, sometimes less
You were conjured out of emptiness.
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Without permission or volition, introduced
Seduced, suspended in interdependence
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(remember, never forget
the most common test for viability
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is a slap, how much crueler can we get?
born into culpability)
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Reliant on oxygen, we punish the trees
create a world unfit for bees,
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Fuck these taught rhymes
(the habit’s impossible to break
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without effort and time)s
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See how it goes?
A sunset, it is the first and
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The last. You wish to have wings
Get lost, become butterfly
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Sitting on the ground.
You wanted to fly,
Revise your list
And let go.
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Some business. I wanted to thank everyone who has signed up.
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We are at almost 40 members! If you think you know someone who would enjoy these experiments ask them to sign up;-)
‘til next time, see y’all around the harbor. Con/Jur/d
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