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Bad wrist pin in motor. Straight 6 cylinder. Four wheel worked Very well when parked Five plus years ago. Poor tires, fair interior, Good glass, decent…
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My lord, when even the crescent moon Has failed me, when it hasn’t returned Like the first boomerang ever thrown, When everything familiar is far And…
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The sort of bar They set salt licks out back of So they can see the bucks They missed, Their solemn tongues.
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Into the lofts of abandoned barns lean Hay elevators, chaff caught in their chains. In their glory they bore the bales, Tied tight as corsets, up into…
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He asks for a pack Of cigarettes and A lotto ticket, Scratches the latter With a quarter From his change. Well did you win? The cashier asks him. Not…
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The boy who drowned Was found weeks later By some fishermen Who'd heard of him On the news. They brought him Onto the boat Like a big catch And rowed…
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She was on some Tanya Harding type shit But on a random night in Wisconsin. She took a bat to his knees while he slept, Then got in his truck and drove…
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The angels must be like those trucks With fuel tanks in the bed In case they drive so far for so long They have to fill themselves.
Austin Smith
I slow for the Amish. They wave from within Their beards and bonnets, From within the black buggies Drawn by real horses, From within their very lives…
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What is the lyrhick, you ask — or perhaps you don’t. In any case, the lyrhick is a lyric poem with gravel in its throat. You can learn something from…
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When you see one Of those dead end roads Take it They go through in spirit You have to leave Your car though Float barefoot over the corn Feeling the…
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Half the road washed out By the last big rain, They met head-on In the lane that remained. A game of chicken. Had one of them swerved Both would have…
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