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I write words, I sometimes get to perform them out, sometimes I'm even paid. And I'm trying to get it right, get it right.
with enough repetition, your flaws become your style
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THIS MACHINE in poetry
Ted Williams killed fascists. Hank Greenberg killed fascists. Jackie Robinson killed fascists. My grandpa killed fascists. Dwight Eisenhower killed fascists. John Kennedy killed fascists...
a13 in idea barrages
1.) What a mess I’d be if I wasn’t afraid, what a mess I am because I am. 2.) Maybe telling someone to go screw himself will lead him to coming into his own. 3.) A movie about Tweety’s endless to...
upon a renamed city park in poetry
folding chair at a summer fair grade school and town library on the green that’s in-between life will pass me right on by fifteen maybe twenty times generations before and hence faces u...
a12 in idea barrages
1.) Most people start seeing grey hairs after a surgery or giving birth or getting hit by lightning. The 2016 election is whitening my chin. 2.) Trying to look for upsides: atomic war during a So...
a11 in idea barrages
1.) One good thing about social networking we all can agree on: it has negated the entire concept of a class reunion. 2.) In reality, by putting “Fair Play” on his costume, Mr. Terrific would jus...
mr. in-between in poetry
why are you all so beautiful why are you all be too taken or too far away too young for me or too deep in responsibility why are you all be beautiful while I’m still just me today
blood moon in poetry
the blood moon lay so close to the horizon I could pluck it from the sky between my two fingers if I had someone to gift it to but I do not so you will keep your tides tonight so you will k...
a10 in idea barrages
1.) The best name for a Shakespeare-inspired porno is, of course, “As You Lick It”. 2.) I was so disappointed when I found out “robotripping” was just “drinking a lot of cough medicine”. I hoped ...
we do not forget in poetry
if it happened then it happened no matter what you say you may force us to forget at the barrel of a well-oiled gun you may legislate ignorance and see the truth-keepers shunned you may salt the ...
a9 in idea barrages
1.) Sarahah’s a great simulation of being famous in that everything you read will either be meaningless empty praise or non-constructive venom. 2.) My bucket list is just things I’d wanna eat a b...
as above as below in poetry
the feeling that you’re at a crossroads is right but hardly psychic you’re always at some crossroads or another, always making a choice you just don’t always have the eyes to see it or the time...
lost and found in poetry
sad Peter Pan, grass green and tan never gonna die, never gonna be a man what kind of a path what kind of plan could there be in making your stand between all of these shifting sa...
staggering risk in poetry
embrace risk life will kill you either way but you get to choose whether to die ignorant and fearful or fulfilled and joyful risk embrace living this life isn’t about not having fear in t...
a8 in idea barrages
1.) I stand by The Kaufman Reaction Paradigm: applause and hate are equally good signs at open mics, only tepid politeness is a sin. 2.) At your small business motivational workshop, take the sta...
the state of human progress in poetry
“Leif Eriksson!” the older Vikings laughed around the fire “Trying to colonize Vinland like an idiot!” “goddamn millennials.” “Tiberius sending Germanicus to fight Parthia.” the Romans s...
a7 in idea barrages
1.) Everytime you use the shortening JFC online, I read it as “Jesus Fried Chicken”. 2.) Realizing that your privileged identity isn’t the centre of the universe isn’t “performative wokeness”, it...
a6 in idea barrages
1.) “Iron Age,” the older Hittites clucked their tongues, “what, bronze isn’t good enough for these brats? Goddamn Millenials.” 2.) Why y’all gotta be beautiful/why y’all gotta be too taken or to...
a5 in idea barrages
1.) “Leif Eriksson,” the old Vikings said, “trying to colonize Vinland like an idiot. Goddamn Millennials.” 2.) If it happened, you may force us to forget, may salt the fields & boil the seas...
to the tune of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY in song parodies
if you’re shopping at Vermont Country Store from cat-a-logue or… just online don’t linger too long on night gowns for… that’s the weirdest boner of mine if you go to buy maple cream or so...
to the tune of JESUS LOVES ME in song parodies
Grievous loves me, this I know his four lasers tell me so though he wheezes, he’s real strong I doubt he could sing this song Grievous loves me, this I know Jedi are his ch...
a4 in idea barrages
1.) Once in a great while, I’ll catch the real me in a mirror for a moment, then he’s gone. 2.) If your Scooby Doo porn parody isn’t called “Screw Me Do” just give up as a pornographer and become...
#MakeTVShowsCanadian in idea barrages
1.) The Eh Team 2.) CKRP in Manitoba 3.) Magnum P.E.I. 4.) In Living Colour 5.) The 125935 Dollar Pyramid 6.) Don’t Trust The Very Pleasant Woman In Apartment 23 7.) Toqued By An Angel 8.) The...
cynical thinking in poetry
after years of studies in canine linguistics I have determined that the standard bark translates to “I am a dog!” but they can mean “I am a dog!” like fifteen different ways to a dog the...
the exchange rate in poetry
we pay top dollar for gold get cash for your gift cards we buy we sell and we trade federally licensed firearms dealer trade in well-meant old gifts and buy a gun, turn their love into guns ...
adirondack animal land in poetry
maybe the Gloversville petting zoo would be doing better if the main talking point of their billboards wasn’t “CASH ONLY, NO CREDIT OR DEBIT” it’s a bad look DON’T EXPECT WELL FED GIRAFFES, th...
