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The Poetry Widow
I told you when we met I know the whole alphabet. Yes, all 26, no babe, we discussed this.
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Perfect
She hates change. I refuse to change. We should be perfect for each other. --August 24, 2017
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Games Appropriate for Those Ages 18-97
He could have carried on, Duchamp, just being a genius at what came easy. Instead, he gave up
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Art, Not Cockfighting
And so they brought him out one last time, the weary champion, the feathered prince of Instagram. And the poets gathered by the neon coop. They alone, among the adoring throng, sensed tragedy…
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The Nature of Editing
Two grown men arguing about "porcelain." Not the china itself, you understand,
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Her Distant Cousin
Her heart's so broke someone's got to stay with it. She walked in with a ring and out with a ticket.
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70 (or Prince)
This whole week's been purple, like a bruise and I haven't had a second to think about it.
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One A.M. Pastoral
My dogs are dreaming, off-leash by now I'd imagine, each after something in its own
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Rainbow Roll
Our lives are short and our worlds are small. Even where they overlap we don't agree on what we saw. And that, my love is the reason why we still go out to…
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The Lincoln Memorial
for Trace There are a million things in this world that will take your breath away,
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Side-Hustle: A Novel
(These “novel-poems” were posted on Instagram in a serial fashion from November 17–December 2, 2019. Alvah was considering turning them into a play, a podcast, or another longer-form genre.) 1. Tonight, I spilled…
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Your Heart’s a Jumble
Your heart's a jumble, baby, now. You got me figgrin' it out. I don't know why I pray for Sunday hoping I'll get some peace 'round this house.
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Little Walnut
Well, little Walnut sure is big on lookin' aroundMuch more so than the dogs down at the pound.Well, she used to live out near Pflugerville,that town won't light up like Austin willand little…
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Ain’t Happened Yet
I'd squander my fortune baby, I'd fall into debtjust to kiss you in some stairwell and other things I'd regret. It ain't happened yet.Ain't happened yet.Ain't happened yet.
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