A.K. Cola Poems

Hither to thither and blather to bone.
Watch the tone…

Angry air sprites!
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Baffle paramedics by slipping off the stretcher, undetected,
Out the back door of the ambulance,
Tuck and roll
On blacktop.
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opportunities of a somber occasion
instills a person to daze 
while performing standard routines 
via
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Hypnotized by the train's calamity, clacking along the abbreviated pulse
of bass notes. Corners of a smile dry from anxiety medication, decorate rough patches
of skin
to signify morning has come,
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Pupils examine the circuit breaker to determine the culprit immortalizing darkness,
Employing flashlight fantasy to persevere through Midwestern Midnight.
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Debt attains prominence
By hijacking the consciousness
Of the Absolute Mind
And placating it with
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The hidden hinge identifies the fingers of lepers by squawking at scales,
Justice latent on invisible touch, blind as the gavel's shadow, he coughs
Into a closed fist and stares the length of his street, situating each cause
And effect-
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A hound infected with mange.
Discovered by his owner
Circling a picnic table
Stationed in his backyard-
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Hob-nob on exhaust fumes, spinning on the axle,
Wise. Yet. Resolute to absolve the fanfare from a standing ovation.

Oh. Is it absolute, older men write down their cellphone numbers
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Illustrious compassion of collapsing carcasses,
From the edge of air-to pause-to relinquish
And standalone procedures, a window down
If the air thins I'll gladly die without a hum.
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