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Herman Shorts

Herman Shorts

morning glory

i keep smiling
forgetting
to remember
to stop
myself.
now
to stop
remembering
to forget
myself
kept smiling.
 
my coffee
is the first day
of the best
vacation ever.
 
i can only imagine
my delight
with breakfast.
 
the sweet world
suggests
pancakes.

(2015)

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craft

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nice place

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eek, a frog

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

better fucking eat it all up. time is getting drunk & may puke, be rude, before finally
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got the sex drive of 15 young bulls, but the women are all scared.
yes, i'm saying

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(being) the favorite thing

this being we are, delights in all things, yes but is held breathless
someone said, be desireless

we were all talking, things taking shape as they do, when someone said, be desireless, like that is at all a thing people
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no means no. no response means no. (everyone knows maybe means nothing
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if ever someone is my dearest ear who hears my truth as theirs
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STEP BACK! There’s an infection you’ll get if you come any closer. It will open your eyes through the crust



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