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< joining jesus >
i was joining jesus to his cross
using galvanized 6 inch decking screws
and the cordless drill
you gave me for christmas
when the phone rang
and it was some roman
wanting his sword back
i'm sorry
to hear about your condition
maybe the second opinion
will be better
today
was too warm for january
it woke the squirrels
and the neighbors
gnawing with motorized teeth
made me skip a track
on my next belief
or some vitamin
or arrangement of words
that could have fixed it all for me
so i'll just go back
to nights
filled with black plastic bags
i don't know what's in them
but whatever it is
is leaking out
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Published 9th Mar 2013
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9th Mar 2013 5:45pm
Anonymous
- Edited 16th May 2018 10:05pm
9th Mar 2013 5:47pm
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9th Mar 2013 11:08pm
I really like those three j's: joining, jesus, january. Door jamb jar juice. It's a good letter, it has a sticky sound. Especially next to the leaky black plastic bags. And how that 'today' where it is makes you echo the phrase 'will be better' in your head - brilliant.
13th Mar 2013 9:55am
Anonymous
- Edited 28th Jan 2019 10:35am
12th Mar 2013 2:08pm
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13th Mar 2013 9:57am
Put any better?
Probably; but with any luck at all you'll never read it
and go on thinking mine was cool. :) :)
Probably; but with any luck at all you'll never read it
and go on thinking mine was cool. :) :)