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Herman Shorts

Herman Shorts

no Bukowski

now, I’m no Bukowski
 
but my friends who don’t like poetry
 
except his stuff, tell me
 
they like mine, and I can drink
 
like a drinking machine
 
especially if you’re buying
 
so maybe I am.

(2013)

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