Jerry Ratch Poems

“The place is great”
we told the rental agent
“except for one thing
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I think I know that fly
That fly followed us from our apartment
on W.11th St
When I opened the door he flew right in
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I look good
together

Got these penny wings
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I'm not a practicing angel,
ladies and gentlemen

Got these penny wings
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Welcome to the
pain and amusement park

The lowered hurdles,
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I had a friend once
Little weak flame
of a voice
No bigger than
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Comes to rest
taking a moment
in the falling rain
slowly massaging the
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To get there we had to fly up on a United Airlines crop duster
with two cocktails and a basket of desiccated crickets for snacks

Instead of landing they pushed us off the wingtips
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Puppet X,9
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Puppet X,10
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