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O my poor soles, All bruised and blistered, Sore and smarting, Flaking, fissured, From peeling heels To crowded toes With dagger-nails That cut..

Dual chevrons merge to form One arrowhead; This sign implies a change of direction, A course correction, A heading unheralded, unsuspected, Withh..

The whole wide world has become his prison. He spends days commuting between park benches And nights lightly dozing while wadded up, Grass-padded p..

We slink to the doctor every year; He listens minutely through stethoscopes And snarls of electrodes, Straining to hear the surefooted stomp Of de..

A house with no mirrors Will famish an ego; The soul must provide for Its issue alone. The nurturing juices Of deep understanding Will not be fo..

Achy diarthroses, rebellious adductors, Nerves all a-whack--inconstant conductors-- Twitchy obliques, epidermis afire . . . Antithesis of pleasure ..

My new dentist longs To chisel my jaw And cap off a tooth. The old one admired My imperfections, Omitted the obvious Ploys to straighten Or bri..

There's no redemption for this bed: The sheets are thin, the blood soaks through, For here I chafe and here I bleed, Where dust mites congregate an..

Old grandfather elm, Stately tree, That extends its limbs Harmoniously, Shaded us For years in the past, Shielded us From the solar blast, Wil..

Young man walking in the street walks in front of the bus. Driver slams on the brakes. Young man walks around presses face against door demands ..