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-- word biscuit --
-- everyday edition --
02-18-98 -- ray heinrich
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well what do you know, here it is again...
-ray
< the dog >
the dog
at the window
squirrels again
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< shakespeare >
my dog is a bit like him
he writes
a lot of stuff
while i
need another carpet
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< self-publishing >
i've tried and tried
but i just
can't bend far enough
dogs
are lucky that way
humans
need civilization
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< how we sang >
the day
at its end
a song
sung
we
dressed in our hands
cautiously
wrapped in our faces
deliberately
armed with our voices
willfully
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< my god >
my god lives in trees
is puzzled by churches
changes life daily
and shares creation
with anyone who's interested
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< moonbone >
the dogs
(the wolves)
oh how they howled
as i pried you from their teeth
and threw you
far from their teeth
and how they howl tonight
to see you
soaked in red
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< her feet >
she's
counting toes
that wiggle
as she goes
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< easygoing >
in my whole life
(so far)
i've only met
two people
i couldn't
get along with
so i
killed them
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< where uncle ben went zen >
to the left of this tree
a few feet
(say ten)
is exactly where
uncle ben
went zen
now to the right
just past the rock
is that pond with the fish
us?
we ate him
delicious!
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note:
Fukagawa, in Edo, is where Sugino Sampu, a wealthy
merchant who sold live fish to the Tokugawa shogunate,
gave a house to Basho (i.e. uncle ben). A large Basho
tree (Japanese banana) in the garden was the source of
his pseudonym. The old pond in Basho's famous hokku:
"An old pond: a frog jumps into the water, the sound"
may have been one of the man-made ponds there in which
live fish were kept.
< gotta pee >
an old bank lobby
busy speaking
of wealth and security
never notices
me
trying to find its toilet
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< unqualified pornography >
the first time
you were all thumbs
but towards the last
you fixed them quickly
to those crosses
while i just sat here
wondering how much it hurt
it was only later
long after they were dead
that you began
to fill their mouths with words
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< what i could do with a replicator >
not more hangers
jeez
where did they all come from?
or plastic grocery bags...
but i could make a thousand dogs
so that neighbor of mine i don't like
could have more turds in his yard
but with each dog
barking for food
at the same time
i'd have to make more me's
just to walk and feed them
though the vet would be happy
until i made more her's
just to vaccinate them
and sell me more flea dip
cause those fleas
have their own
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< skies >
skies usually have things in them
and usually it's the usual
and today it's no different
no martian space ships
hundreds of miles wide
no meteors ripping past
just seconds away from
incinerating the square mile
i'm standing in
not even a tornado
just these clouds
impossibly white in the sun
and a few birds
flying
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< romance >
she burns herself with her cigarette
accidentally
again
and i'm
across the table
coffee between us
soon
we'll compare suicide attempts
ah
romance
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< roses >
on mornings
when roses bloom
my grandmother's
rose garden
is still there
my grandmother sings:
"oh the days when roses flair
roses roses everywhere
the petals fall
they kiss your hair
on the days when roses flair"
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state of dogs. comments are VERY welcome, send to:
ray@scribbledyne.com and i'm not wearing any pants though
the shirt i have on has a quote on it from noam chomsky
and some chew marks left by a small, obstinate poodle.
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end
well, almost...
stock bio:
ray heinrich is an ex-texas technofreak and hippie-socialist
wannabe who writes poems for thrills and attention. over the
years his work has appeared in many small, insignificant
publications. in real life he repairs computers, has always
been married, loves dogs, and owns a blue fish.
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