Morgan Michaels Poems

Sex Exists (one answer only, please)


a) strictly for procreation, like they say in the bible.
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is what besets
the man who
losing one glove
apiece from two
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My land is not for barter, sir
my land is not for barter, na
and there's to you ya silly foo
my land is not for barter, na
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That is that. And this is this.
And that was that.
And this was this.
And that was this. And this
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Farewell to Skiathos
maybe forever
maybe forever
ehe ghia!
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Improbably, he peers at us-
not the dragon-demon at his feet-
this argent steed, whose sire, Pegasus,
bore the Favorito, Perseus,
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Love has no truer likeness than a bog
dissembling with a superficial sheen
the thirsty come to sip-alas, instead
a greater thirst, pre-empting, drinks them in.
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I can recall a time
far away and long ago
before my untried eyes had seen an one-
the sea was shallow and the sky was low
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Mario's brother is dead. In Brazilia
of the green and yellow flag, at the matches
where we drink beer and watch them run.
All of a sudden. A shock.
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