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Herman Shorts

Herman Shorts

eek, a frog

does a king come ready–
made,  or doesn’t he
emerge from a prince
once a frog,
        and aren’t you
supposed to kiss him first?
i think you’ve got things
all wrong, unless
of course,  i do.

(2014)

Autres oeuvres par Herman Shorts...
trying too hard

was all stupid. you weren’t that entertaining. i find it all only sad now, that
when (finally) we meet

when (finally) we meet I’m thinking spring wildflowers will bloom on high
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disgraceland

here in the middle of the bottom of the lie how obvious
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it by wasn't the told of so

life and even one good thing– anything, a course in wonders becomes? no school, thanks not for me. no lesson one so likes declaring to find itself legs. no
Pavlov's girlfriend

I dream sometimes you surprise me and it is surprising that I don’t immediately realize I’m dreaming
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nice people

you’ve been invited, stupid asshol… to remember things differently, wh… it means to be human, even. dumb shit, you’ll always let someone el… handle it, whatever always happens
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unquestioned

why is nothing i can do now. where it went. what that echo means, if anything
Foundational Concept Entirely Horseshit

yeah, the contract the social one, so long ago supposedly agreed to, we were born instead into. what
reflections

reflecting on the moment before, would be useful only were it not already perfect.
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design fault

you are guilty of failing to love and understand me, like a dog is guilty of failing to speak or use
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is there, then, a vortex?

shall we turn down the covers, crawl inside? find there a place that’s been waiting for us, a vortex of sorts
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the nature of the enemy

if i stub my fucking toe it’s their fault so say i, and who could argue? you almost
adventures in multidimensional identity politics

nobody goes mad on purpose, also never is it not shared,
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(being) the favorite thing

this being we are, delights in all things, yes but is held breathless
people, mostly all

people, mostly all barely beyond apes, cannot be trusted. they are incapable of caring
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