{"id":3436,"date":"2011-11-01T17:41:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T17:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sporkpress.com\/poetry\/?p=217"},"modified":"2011-11-01T17:41:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T17:41:45","slug":"3-poems-by-bj-love-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/2011\/11\/01\/3-poems-by-bj-love-2\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Poems by BJ Love"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Grateful Release of Our More Robust Natures<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Star Wars is on TV and all we can do is go to Dairy Queen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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and dare each other into new flavor combinations, our<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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handholding just a gateway to Oreos and backrubs and<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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it all tastes really rich to me, like knowing how beavers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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build their dams but wanting to hear your take on it all<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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anyway because I have a gnawing suspicion that today<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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can be totally interesting on a budget, it\u2019s true, we can\u2019t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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go to Granada, but we can go on this walk and you look<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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so full of facts and I have a can full of silver spray paint<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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dying to be more beautiful and the world is so full of bridges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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that have no ideas of love so let\u2019s hit these purple streets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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and create more famous versions of ourselves on them,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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after all, this is how our histories have always been made<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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and love can be easily retrofitted into it, over it, and though<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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some people are always three steps ahead, it will be me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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who gets to yell, Watch out! and pull you back into my<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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peeling but other wise healthy arms and tell you that<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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having heroes is wildly important, and feel really good<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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about myself and then you will thankfully kiss my silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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sprayed palms and you will see your beautiful reflection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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kissing you back and you will say, boop boop, in a pretty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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authentic robot voice and though translation is frequently<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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difficult, I will have no problems understanding exactly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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what you mean, exactly what you are (not a robot), because<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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this language is ours and it is heartbased and sometimes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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we feel, a little heart is all you need, but sometimes a little<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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heart is hard to draw, so I\u2019m making mine really big, big<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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enough to hold our whole names and it\u2019s a rebellion, yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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but only a minor one and if we are caught, at least they\u2019ll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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print our pictures in the paper, side by side, with a caption<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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that will surely say something about Love, how it leaves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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its mark in the most surprising and out of the way places.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Your Name = Your Job<\/strong><\/p>\n

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My heart is involved in pleasure and I\u2019ve thrown too much<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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of it into\u00a0 the\u00a0 air\u00a0 to\u00a0 care\u00a0 where\u00a0 it\u00a0 lands.\u00a0 This\u00a0 is\u00a0 my\u00a0 real\u00a0 art<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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and I\u2019m installing it everywhere like the ocean or the things<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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we\u00a0 believe\u00a0 swim\u00a0 there.\u00a0 I\u00a0 am\u00a0 moving\u00a0 toward\u00a0 a\u00a0 new\u00a0 blue,\u00a0 a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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new place to keep my pictures, the last rays of sunlight that<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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are\u00a0 bending\u00a0 like\u00a0 some\u00a0 kind\u00a0 of\u00a0 arm,\u00a0 like\u00a0 some\u00a0 kind\u00a0 of<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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mythology.\u00a0 I\u00a0 have\u00a0 a\u00a0 feeling\u00a0 that\u00a0 will\u00a0 unfold\u00a0 in\u00a0 a\u00a0 beautiful<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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way.<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know how it works, but I have a general sense of how<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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it\u00a0 is\u00a0 made\u00a0 and\u00a0 it\u00a0 is\u00a0 like\u00a0 making\u00a0 you\u00a0 a\u00a0 promise \u00a0with\u00a0 real<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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working parts so that, it\u2019s never the thing that is\u00a0 broken, just<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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a chunk of it. I have a chest full\u00a0 of\u00a0 tools ready\u00a0 to\u00a0 fiddle with<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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almost\u00a0 anything\u00a0 and\u00a0 this\u00a0 is\u00a0 turning\u00a0 into\u00a0 a\u00a0 grand\u00a0 and<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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fascinating dance of grand and turning fascinations.<\/p>\n

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Look hard at what we have here, it took years and monies to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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make\u00a0 sure\u00a0 Einstein\u00a0 was\u00a0 right\u00a0 about\u00a0 everything\u00a0 he knew\u00a0 he<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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was\u00a0 right\u00a0 about,\u00a0 so\u00a0 what\u00a0 we\u00a0 are\u00a0 really\u00a0 after\u00a0 is\u00a0 relative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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comfort. We take comfort. We are comforting. It\u2019s a\u00a0 strange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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physics,\u00a0 but\u00a0 it\u00a0 works.\u00a0 Like\u00a0 yellow\u00a0 on\u00a0 anything\u00a0 or\u00a0 that\u00a0 one<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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time you believed in God.<\/p>\n

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This\u00a0 is\u00a0 the\u00a0 history\u00a0 of\u00a0 what\u00a0 we do, however mystical it may<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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become.\u00a0 My heart is scattered everywhere\u00a0 like a mess, but\u00a0 it\u2019s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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this\u00a0 clutter\u00a0 that lets us know we are home. I am bending my<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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arms around you here\u00a0 and finding it to be a welcoming style<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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of halo. A cheap fix, maybe, but with only so many holds at<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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our disposal, we must keep our faith in one of them, right?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Like ghosts. Like the ghosts of each other, red and wrinkled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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in\u00a0 our\u00a0 skin.\u00a0 We\u00a0 can\u2019t know\u00a0 how\u00a0 they\u00a0 got\u00a0 there,\u00a0 but\u00a0 on\u00a0 the<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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nights we are alone, we\u2019re glad to have them to hang onto.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Johnny\u00a0 Utah,\u00a0 you\u00a0 are a\u00a0 man,\u00a0 with a\u00a0 real\u00a0 heart,\u00a0 act<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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like\u00a0 one,\u00a0 says\u00a0 Bohdi.\u00a0 There\u00a0 is\u00a0 nothing\u00a0 but\u00a0 waves\u00a0 in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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the\u00a0 ocean,\u00a0 so\u00a0 let\u00a0 us\u00a0 make\u00a0 something\u00a0 of\u00a0 it.\u00a0 The<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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differences between anxiousness and astonishment, I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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fear,\u00a0 are\u00a0 lost\u00a0 on\u00a0 me,\u00a0 says\u00a0 Johnny.\u00a0 This\u00a0 is\u00a0 a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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relationship we\u00a0 all know.\u00a0 The kind\u00a0 where\u00a0 love is\u00a0 the<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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only thing not hidden. The kind\u00a0 where we fire\u00a0 our<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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guns into the sky and let each other run free.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Oh, all\u00a0 I\u00a0 want,\u00a0 says Johnny, is a\u00a0 lap to lay my head in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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and maybe some fingers that I can lean my eyebrows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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against.\u00a0 Now,\u00a0 I\u00a0 feel\u00a0 like\u00a0 I\u00a0 should\u00a0 warn\u00a0 you,\u00a0 this\u00a0 is<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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where\u00a0 the movie gets a\u00a0 little\u00a0 sexy.\u00a0 Lovely even. Says<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Bodhi to Johnny, I want to share this certain amount<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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of skin between us. To kiss us in all those ways we\u2019d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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never before considered kissing.\u00a0 Thereby\u00a0 making this<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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unkiss the new and most tender definition we could<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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hope\u00a0 to\u00a0 articulate.\u00a0 At\u00a0 least\u00a0 for\u00a0 today.\u00a0 I\u00a0 have\u00a0 the<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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feeling,\u00a0 Bodhi,\u00a0 that\u00a0 you\u00a0 are\u00a0 being\u00a0 glorious,\u00a0 says<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Utah, get me\u00a0 too,\u00a0 pleads\u00a0 Angelo.\u00a0 Poor,\u00a0 poor\u00a0 Angelo,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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must remember, though, is that everybody dies.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0 ocean\u00a0 is\u00a0 no\u00a0 more\u00a0 than\u00a0 heaven\u2019s\u00a0 reflections\u00a0 of<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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ourselves,\u00a0 says\u00a0 Bodhi,\u00a0 and\u00a0 so,\u00a0 I\u2019m\u00a0 worried\u00a0 of\u00a0 its\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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whereabouts\u00a0 lately.\u00a0 Where\u00a0 have\u00a0 we\u00a0 all gone,\u00a0 Johnny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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and\u00a0 Bodhi\u00a0 scream\u00a0 together,\u00a0 but \u00a0mostly\u00a0 alone.\u00a0 It\u2019s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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one\u00a0 thing\u00a0 to\u00a0 not\u00a0 recognize\u00a0 ourselves,\u00a0 but\u00a0 quite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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another\u00a0 to\u00a0 not\u00a0 even know\u00a0 where\u00a0 to start, where to<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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fix our wandering gazes. How to live a life after I love<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Darling,\u00a0 you\u00a0 say\u00a0 you\u00a0 have\u00a0 never\u00a0 seen\u00a0 Point\u00a0 Break,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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this\u00a0 is what that movie is\u00a0 about. Do you\u00a0 see anything<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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beautiful in this?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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BJ Love is the author the of the chapbooks, Michigander (Greying Ghost), and the recently released, Fossil (Small Fires), in collaboration with Friedrich Kerksieck. His poems can be found elsewhere, on and off the internet, but who cares about those when you have so much more Spork to read.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n


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