minus 6

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be a poet, get your kicks

enjoy a life~span–minus 6

there’s other writing, that is true

but none will do this much for you

deliver what you’re looking for

an early exit from the war

a soul~gone~roamin’ o’er~the~ocean

in perpetual emotion

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a life that you remember

as a soul that couldn’t speak

awe~filled and psychotic

and performing at your peak

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a life that you remember

from a long, long time ago

with no self~conscious sabotage

or interrupted flow

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a life that you remember

even though you can’t re~call

the wisdom you were born in~to

before you took the fall

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i’m a poet in a fix

enjoying my life–minus 6

with more to immortality

than earth~bound for eternity

and more to what i’m doing now

to help me through the strife some~how

a way i heard on NPR

to melt these iron prison~bars

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a way that i remember

as a soul that couldn’t speak

awe~filled and psychotic

and performing at my peak

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a way that i remember

from when following the road

with no self~conscious sabotage

to interrupt the flow

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a way that i remember

and remembering, regret

the wisdom i was born in~to

when of the apple et

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be a poet, get your kicks

enjoy a life~span–minus 6

there’s other writing, that may be

but none to set your spirit free

none~such sweet deliverance

as wings unfolding at the dance

a soul~gone~roamin’ o’er~the~sea

emote in perpetuity

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a life that you remember

as a soul that couldn’t see

awe~filled and psychotic

float~around in your own pee

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a life that you remember

from the land that time forgot

when safe in~side your mother’s womb

you felt it tear~you~out

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a life that you remember

even though you can’t explain

the wisdom you were born in~to

that braced you for the pain

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i’m a poet doing tricks

enjoying my life–minus 6

with ev’ry prayer i say for her

a verse immortal messenger

and more to love than i have known

(and more to like than blue & brown)

a way i heard on NPR

to melt these iron prison~bars

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a way that i remember

as a soul that couldn’t swim

awe~filled and psychotic

and still dy~ing to jump~in

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a way that i remember

from when following the force

with no self~conscious sabotage

to interrupt my course

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a way that i remember

and give~thanks~for all the time

the wisdom i was born in~to

when i saw~fit to rhyme

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***** (inspired by a great little “research fact” i heard on npr that claimed to have scientific proof that poets could add six long years to their lives if they switched to another form of writing–any other form of writing!)