John Courtney Poems

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1.
She Plays The Vacuum

greyhound spine
transported old soul coal
for a triple rhyme score in Scrabble,
up too late again breathing broke down
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2.
Dianna

For you?
glass bottoms
on my words
so you can see me
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3.
Two Dollar Bills

when I was a boy
it took two pieces of wood
and a leftover nail
to fly an airplane
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4.
The Boulevard And The Lion

traded eyes
last night
for the puzzle's heart
the one that staggers stolen behind the sun
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5.
Goodnight, Moon

I haven't been able to sleep in weeks
so I've been making the moon stay up with me
pulled back from the steady paycheck of
drowning rivers and jungles
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6.
Searobin Cleaning 101

some were built like ships,
resilient marvels of buoyancy, tough as solitude
with bellies scraped along a converse globe,
an olive fog followed by a pair of eyes,
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7.
Brunette

When the wild-beating heart wakes me
and I gasp for air in the middle of the night
having visited a dead friend, I lie there
sometimes for twenty or thirty minutes feeling
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8.
Let My Garden Sing

let the dog sing away
his bark
and the planet
of voice
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9.
Casino Traffic

it is morning
and there are stars,
I lay on my back
inventing my future
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10.
Birdlime

the forest floor
tranquil brat
flexing
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