Charles Helt

need another device
electornic device
more wires please
charge my batteries
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no war
is wrong
because always
we've had war
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tall oak well formed
imperfectly sprouted
near other tall oak four times
scattered across pristine winter grass
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with her life
privileged were
we entrusted
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rock 'n rollin' now boys
his neatly cut freshly pressed suit
his perfect cherry wood desk
sharpened with corporate credentials
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stiff and upright
smiling, jovial, and bouncy,
standing on the street sign barricade
propped up by grandpa standing
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