1. Retiremint
2. Enrichmint
3. Discernmint
4. Refinemint
5. Statemint
6. Paymint
7. Invovemint
8. Commitmint
9. Judgemint
10. Engagemint
11. Amusemint
12. Refreshmint
13. Entitlemint
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It all went as planned.
We waited until morning
then all hell broke loose.
Finally there was silence.
We started digging the graves.
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Disastrous
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Past soils the future
(survival is not escape)
Things are better now
but a scar is still a scar.
—He won’t even use her name—
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Soil
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All the ads say it’s hot and juicy,
and it’s hot alright, but the juicy’s
really just grease that congeals
pretty quickly back into fat.
He’s reasonably sure he can
feel it coating his arteries
even before he swallows it.
None of this, though,
keeps him from eating there
three or four times a week,
nor does it cause him to consider
ordering a salad
or the lo-cal fruit parfait.
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Edible
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Everyone thought he had
moxie. He told everyone
it was chutzpah. I’d known
him since we were just
kids. Balls. He had balls.
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Moxie
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(Oy. Don’t ask.)
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(Slightly revised to more accurately reflect the current conditions, but still as true tonight as it was when originally written, several years back.)
Holstered, scalpelized,
I crave an octopus jam
stow tomes, strum rug fringe
