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Herman Shorts

Herman Shorts

maze

simply knowing
you’re in a maze
doesn’t get you out,
but the fact
is the foundation
of any escape plan.
 
(when you look up
finally, and something
is looking back
smile and hope
it does also.)
 
exits are everywhere.
i hear. that’s what
all the rats say.

(2015)

Altre opere di Herman Shorts...
backstory

here’s a story. it may even be true. where i come from nothing ever sucks, so i
late to the party, or did it always suck?

the conquering child turns 50, gets the gag out its mouth, says here i am. let’s play now
 2
chronic, yet pressing issue affecting development, function

unspeakable dearth of nutrient the cause of the complaint, lack of the sweet titmilk of human connection,
simple fail, no malice aforethought

lie still. be quiet. please understand what happens so, next time
saying things

liking to say things, all kinds of things, mostly about the way things seem
evolutionary imperative

stupid met crazy decided to have a baby or two... what else you gonna do?
 1
sidereel

oh, and how it gets you these bastard assumptions, one or two commonalities
 1
 1
eek, a frog

does a king come ready– made, or doesn’t he emerge from a prince once a frog, and aren’t you
design fault

you are guilty of failing to love and understand me, like a dog is guilty of failing to speak or use
 5
sometimes a hawk

of course it is not about you. you have to know this, like baby birds know worms come with mother’s return,
always a blessing

my spirit sings to you, clears and quickens. losing you is impossible
curse of the outlined object

the center holds itself still that rockets believably may be seen exploding in all directions from somewhere vaguely
labeled falsely

I understand the tattoo now “VERITAS” on your wrist, only there because it is entirely absent everywhere else.
 4
About People and Things

I love how you talk Down to everyone In your poems Which, unlike fiction Are not covered
 1
the rub

something you need makes you its bitch, yes even as it isn’t coming, no when love stands you up & all the more sweet



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