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poems

i've been reading poems
by notable poets about
cows
sheep
pigeons
fish
deer
and the like
and, honestly,
it makes me ill.

i write about
what i know:
big cities
street gangs
the homeless
food stamps
death & suicide
and i wonder
who reads this shit
i
want it hard
edged, baby,
poems on
razorblades,
cutting through skin,
tendons, even bones,
poems that make
the blood flow,
run deep in real
rivers of life.

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