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  • All Poems,  Published on FreshOut

    The Poetry Widow

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    I told you when we met I know the whole alphabet. Yes, all 26, no babe, we discussed this.

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    Missing Missy

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    Knew her since she was this big falling in ditches, knocking things over.

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    Perfect

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    She hates change. I refuse to change. We should be perfect for each other. --August 24, 2017

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    eclipse

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    eclipse-- the moon gets its moment in the sun --August 21, 2017

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    Games Appropriate for Those Ages 18-97

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    He could have carried on, Duchamp, just being a genius at what came easy. Instead, he gave up

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    Creative Differences

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    The comma and the ampersand not 1 pt. between them. Together forever

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    Art, Not Cockfighting

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    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

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    Two grown men arguing about "porcelain." Not the china itself, you understand,

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    Oklahoma

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    I heard it wasn't picturesque, just frame after frame of the worst parts of Texas.

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    Her Distant Cousin

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    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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    The Boy King

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    He definitely had it working that night you know, you know how some people just glow

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    70 (or Prince)

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    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

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    My dogs are dreaming, off-leash by now I'd imagine, each after something in its own

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    Rainbow Roll

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    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

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    for Trace There are a million things in this world that will take your breath away,

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    Side-Hustle: A Novel

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    (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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  • 2001,  Ducking Francine,  Song Lyrics,  Songs,  Southern Amusement 1928,  Wildroot 360

    Your Heart’s a Jumble

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    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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  • 1993,  Early Music,  Song Lyrics,  Songs

    Little Walnut

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    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

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    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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    easy Monet

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    easy Monet—rain on the windshield

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