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The angle of jiminy
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No way I'm loving the angle of jiminy
no such lumen can be wakened today.
But without light amuck and aplay
to sourballs and rainbows, hang or bust.
To shove any geometry but what can lure
or only flirting the angle of jiminy
can anyone sever lines from manure?
Just about every person can balance your tires
or file a tort in return,
or revoke your license, or taste your best
meatloaf, unless it burns.
Only an angle of jiminy chirps until dawn
shackles your mind in the mood of insom-
nia. "Lord", you pray, you can not stay in the house
if where you reside
the angle of jiminy cricket dwells inside.

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Deborah Kilgore
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Copyright © Deborah Kilgore
March 1998

...a poem in this room by Jorge Sanchez...
los caballos del tiempo antiguo
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