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by Anselm Hollo
order out of chaos equals frogs
*
“here come the faster
’n a rattler poets”
o for the day
we hear that cry
*
the competition
for World’s Most Virtuous Nation
has been called off
(offer no longer valid)
*
Modern Jazz Quartet
after all these years—
a bit like when the man smiles
& says “well done”
*
Max Bruch
violin piece
full of glowing
inwardness
made him wipe a tear
for his parents & think
(well)
“one hopes they had their moments”
*
“he probably was a horrible guy”
“nooo, he wasn’t”
“OK he probably wasn’t a horrible guy”
*
“You can say things again.”
“You sure can.”
*
she has this in-
credible
urge
to tell
the
whole
story
all
the
time
*
early moments of mother
must’ve been something!
she could never live up to them later
*
having picked it out of
an enormous pile of bodies
the reader
opens the book
From Near Miss Haiku, Chicago, Yellow Press, 1990, pages 42–47. +
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