THE DAY CAVITY SAM SPOKE
asking for his funny bone back,
his spare ribs and wishbone too.
I told him if he wanted them back,
he’d have to take everything.
I replanted his broken heart,
his Adam’s apple full of cyanide,
his butterflies and the charley horse.
My face red with fire,
God-like,
over his flashing nose.
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BUMPY RIDE
Listening to the neighbors
at it again.
Things haven’t been the same
since the spicy cubes.
They rush the mailman
every Friday.
Limping away,
he warns them of a dog
on this same route
who recently ate
an entire package.
The lawn needs trimming,
the gutters need clearing,
the daffodils out back open up
for the clouds rolling in
licking their lips.
BABY HEAD No. 1
First they laid you
on your back,
then your side,
then your other side,
then your stomach,
trying to make
an already round head
fit into the right hat.
EMAIL BEFORE COFFEE
The ad said Join Prime,
but for a second
I thought it said
John Prine
and I thought of you
and the worn out copy
of Bruised Orange
probably still stuck
in the CD player of your truck.
Whoever drives it now
can’t get it out, your voice
taking over, still skipping
on “So help me I know”.
THINGS THAT KEEP ME AWAKE AT NIGHT
No. 1
That girl
on Halloween
20 years ago
wearing
angle wings
and a crooked
wire hanger halo
whose
empty cup
I never
brought
back.
No. 2
Electroshock therapy making a comeback
and me wanting to be in style.
No. 3
The YouTube thumbnail with the title: WHY I’M A CHUBBY CHASER
And I can’t see how I’d get out of this room alive.
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The YouTube thumbnail with the title: $4 AMISH FIX FOR DEADLY HOTHOUSE
And all the hundreds of dogs left in cars each year.
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The YouTube thumbnail with the title: I’M LIVE ON TWITCH, COME CHAT WITH ME, I’M LONELY
With 15,240 views.
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ABOUT TERRY
Any news from a crow
would be welcome
on a day like today.
They should make safer drugs.
There should be more collisions
that put a person back together.
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HEAVEN & HELL
Neither here
nor there.
Somewhere
in between.
Guy Cramer writes things, he wrote an even bigger thing, a novella called COWBOY MELT he’s self-publishing later this year.
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