Cretan Maineiac

Muggy today, a
pop of the mitt, a whiff of
the grass, swish of the
bat in the April air,
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The offer never ceases to be
tho i strike it down relentlessly
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Crisis nags like a baying hound
at those who wear it as a crown
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To fix a headlock on a
metaphor, or
clamp a full nelson on a
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We open our
Eyes only
because
God
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*for my father*

You look just like
him, some say, that
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What of the knowing wind
of Hendrix on vinyl
songs of silence
lately branded for our own good?
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The pine tree rained needles
and ants
upon the Somali and me,
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Ted Sheridan fought for our soil
he woulda' done it just for oil.
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No thorns, limbs sashay longly, cheetah
walk toward
no prey, footloose, her dark blond hair
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Since then you’ve ground
my sincerity like
an old smoke under your heel, scoffed
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'I got to the Doctor's office, ' Scarlett said,
'and
THE FREAKIN' PLACE WAS CLOSED FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS! ! '
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The General's report on the
surge takes
a back seat to Britney's
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A failure at best, say some (clad under cover of
the present) , genocide at
worst, tho his sail across pitching hungry waves required
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'It's absurd to expect the fans to pay good money &
watch a guy who can't generate an average in three
figures, ' say some, while balancing a bullpen
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Christmas eve caught me short,
late in the week. Sales
clanged, rung and beeped
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No reaching out
no touching

No more punching out the numbers
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'Bring 'em home alive, and now, '
coos liberal table pounder.
'Put the welfare slobs to work, '
fat catbird caws to counter.
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Blowing in from under Daley's shadow, Cook
county, liberally
sponsored by green gas-
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