David McLansky Poems

But what if no one asks,
You're never mentioned,
Do we defy our task,
Transgress convention?
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She sits and reads her livre de poche
And drinks her glass vin rouge,
And in her eyes are fragile tears
That secretly perfuse;
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Did I miss you in Dunquin Town,
When you dropped your hankie
On the ground?
You could at least
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'Out of the Land of South Shinar....
Rises a jewel amid the stars....
In Cassiopeia's constellation, ....
The Queen and Goddess of Our Nation; '....
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This is the clerk at New Windsor FedEx,
About your package wrapped with your ex,
You used a cheap brand of masking tape,
The sticky stuff was out of date
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On Owain Glyn's Temperance Club
I think it cruel
And not too funny
That a Welshman's luck
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A Cry For Motherland
A suggestion
To Bolami lawal
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Before pinning down
Their breakfast treat,
Raptors always
Wash their feet;
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Nguyen Chi Thien

You pious frauds of twisted truth
You who've robbed me
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Sauntered in the town,
Her beauty like a burning spear
In a verdant gown;
The tradesmen on the market street
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