Book o' Verse

Short lines

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At the coffee shop
a man long past down on his luck
head resting on a piece of paper
pen in one hand
but no words on the sheet.
Just 60 or 70 short lines
twitched in all directions.
A swarm of
“I mean no harm”
hand motions
for him to sleep inside.

2 comments for “Short lines”

  1. heroic imp
    May 9, 2006 at 6:05 am

    just 60 or 70…lines…twitched in all directions….very good stuff…unreal…crazy nice

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  2. Barbara
    May 11, 2006 at 11:58 am

    I keep coming back to this. Got me from the first read.

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