Jan Sand Poems

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1.
Legacy

Split me in two
And spread the gash.
There, between the pillows
Of my lungs, tangled
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2.
The Poet As Dr, Frankenstein

My floor is littered
With corpses.
The older they get,
The more they stink.
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3.
Let's

Let's bake a cake for a snake,
Fill our jeans with jellybeans,
Comb our hair with a rake,
Paint our ears with blues and greens.
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4.
Foggy, Foggy Blues

There is a morning fog here
That rises from the snow
To inhabit head-tall space
In a lightless glow.
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5.
The Funny Old Man

There was an old man who was lonely and grim
And excessively technically minded.
He lived with a cat and an owl that was fat
And a fancy new clock. He=d designed it.
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6.
Midnight Wind At The Carnival

The chill air tumbles down from the moon
And splashes through trembling leaves
Tainted by the icebergs of Europa.
Silently, like a frenzied animal,
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7.
Choreography

The waltz of warmth
That dances in and out
Of each year
Is played on instruments
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8.
The Mouse

Speeding down the road at sixty klicks,
The tires hiss across the mist of summer rain,
Water craters, bursting fields of instant flowers
Blooming, gone, blooming, gone, blooming -
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9.
Poetic Justice

In the world of wizards
Where words can sizzle, freeze;
Where chance remarks
Can bring down larks
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10.
Restrictions

The eye leads and the mind follows.
The ear leads and the mind follows.
The touch leads and the mind follows.
The hounds of mind go howling down the avenues,
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