by Lester Allyson Knibbs
(formerly Hakeem Muhammad)
an excited bunch
what could be so important
little birds in flight
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head back mouth agape
blessed by spring's fresh melting snow
gurgling sewer drain
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large bugs ranged in lines
three abreast small large long squat
inbound lanes backed up
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oh where have you been
so fat when i saw you last
dying crescent moon
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she is not green yet
through brown virginia forests
my bus plows southward
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show-off heroic
throws himself on the grenade
thinks he's somebody
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this person on screen
looking at me and talking
to a camera
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through my feet i hear
fur and bones beneath the snow
ka-runch step step step
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today i've traveled
to beaches lakes mountains
sitting watching bored
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verbose poetic
heaven-and-earth's creator
orchids and wart hogs
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visit me at night
watch over me i need you
star-pierce the dark void
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who is that cute child
bright and lively such white teeth
on TV no poop
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April 12, 2003
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