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That kid thinks in simple sentences
toddler has sandstorm tongue | toddler is moon light | dying on the century plant | Continue reading
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i-40 between needles and kingman
i entered this desert | with you | a voyeur | as a cool morning in june | tapered toward midday | when we found a wide spot | for a piss Continue reading
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ars ratio : ars poetica
too much talk | of tomorrow is sunday’s | chemical piss-sunrise | on an allnighter | running dead east | into monday morning and | my boys need something more | like hope I real- | ize this is a hope-poem | Continue reading
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Dragonfly
Wondered if they buried you in those clothes you borrowed from Shaggy’s closet. You never returned them. Continue reading
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Suttee
I love finding words I don’t know Tragic words like suttee Plural satis Continue reading
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A Long Memory Which Begins in 1995
Out of money, exiled to the ballfields on the Rio de Flag. Rio? A drainage ditch where the older kids jumped mountain bikes. Continue reading
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Saguaro Wind and the Age of Information
The birds better come up with something better Before the idiot birds reach the Mojave Before their bleached bones dust the saguaro wind Continue reading
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If you asked me about Mark Laba
perspective is a drug, and one should change suppliers as often as possible Continue reading
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About Me
A poet-chef living in Denver, Co. I use the orange Aquafresh toothpaste, off brand mouthwash, and those little floss picks.
Daniel E Haislet 