water dragon calls
I pick up the phone
three coins

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poem well dry
I stand and stare down
no reflection

hole in shoe says,
"Foot is emancipated!"
sock says, "Please help me."

past participle
careens into future, tense
“Will they need me there?”

black surfers floating
gnats on liquid mirror
waiting for ripples

real conversation
penetrates cafe quiet
righteous laptops scowl

sweeper passes
I jump to repark
pavlov's car

pounding pierogis
Brother Void pontificates
"Chopin was Polish"

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crickets in midday
under the kiss of autumn
searching for last love

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last breaths of summer
moon and jupiter take them
I swoon into autumn


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coolness of autumn
arrives under dark cover
night delivery

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