Doug Lane

You seduced me
with trickery
and afterwards
memories of our encounter
...

Driven from my house
by greedy landlords
who think
it's theirs,
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First he came for the immigrants, and I did not speak out, or spoke too quietly-
Because I was not an immigrant.
Then he came for the Muslims, and I did not speak out, or at least, did not speak loudly enough—
Because I was not a Muslim.
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Was listening
to an old Trumplican bag
in Florida
being interviewed.
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American foster mother
you brought your bottomless,
unconditional,
love
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I now know
what loneliness
is.
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Winslow Homer
mastered the art
of dashing off
free and easy sketches
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When the Conquistadors
first came to Florida
in the 1500's
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They murdered a woman
in the Capitol
today,
and that's not all.
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It's a mistake
to cremate
the dead.
...

If you should want a pol
to incite a mob
to attack, to sack, the Capitol,
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All my enemies are dead.
As are many of my friends.
Those who remember
my wrongdoing,
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Who's in charge
with nine days to go?

Is it somebody orange
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After the sockeye spawns,
before its corpse
is picked clean
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Is there a way
to write a poem
so that it captures
the passing
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I don't think
anyone
except Daniel Day-Lewis
wants Daniel Day-Lewis
...

Curtains are drawn
to thwart peeping Toms
and the usually female model
disrobes and arranges herself
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The LORD is my surgeon; I shall not want for artificial joints.

He maketh me to lie down in O.R.'s: he leadeth me beside the still anaesthesia.
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It's midnight
December 31st;
the park down the street
is exploding.
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Back in the '70's
there were
prize winning
poets
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