Jefferson Carter Poems

My wife asked me this morning
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To a narcissist, all
the world’s a mirror.
The day I misread
the no trespassing sign
in the laundromat window
as no trepanning, I retired
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STREP THROAT

I sleep in my son's bed,
his comforter billowing
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OTIS


The vet opens our dog’s mouth
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ELAVIL


Every family has that story
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I like being called “brother”
by black men.
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A CENTAUR


For laughs,
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THE FIRST SALTiST CHURCH OF TARIQ OUR LORD


Whenever my mother mentions
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STARRY NIGHT


We went to Dee’s for dinner
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JOHNNY-JUMP-UP
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