the monkey lol

 

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a seven tone renku poem

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'No instrument is humble, if it works.'
KB

'See you in the darkness.'
Gary Gilmore

I can do anything. In GQ I appeared as a man.'
Boy George

I wanted to be a plumber.'
Robert Goulet

Be the change you want the world to become.'
Mohandas Gandhi

'Deep down I'm pretty superficial.'
Ava Gardner

'what would a monkey do?'
bandit







for Karin
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Reconciliation

trying to reconcile my image of a semi-retired slouch
with my OCD has been no Spring picnic










more people seem fixated on a speckled fawn
than concerned with a flight of geese










poets anthropomorphize plants and rocks and things
while I struggle with inanimate objects










my MMPI reveals a predilection for occasional chairs that swivel










more than once I've been called upon to ask myself,
"What would a Monkey do?"









I never understood what they meant by "fat ladies in glasses"
until I'd been under surveillance by the Secret Service











they talk of War and all the while I've fought myself
and I'm one tough son-of-a-bitch