OUT OF THE HOUSE FAST<\/p>\n
In the grocery line
\nyou put the frozen OJ
\nagainst your fever
\nit melts & we go
\nto the lake & lay
\ndown the blankets
\nthe boy scouts can
\nwatch we don\u2019t care
\nthere is no merit
\nbadge I puke
\nan anthill
\nthe ants look confused.
\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n
OH MY, COUNTY HAYRIDE<\/p>\n
I packed 15 sandwiches for the fair,
\nI put my leather hand in the leather
\nbox & my rash hand in the rash box.
\nHam, turkey, salt-pork, & mushrooms
\nwere some of the sandwich\u2019s toppings.
\nI don\u2019t believe in boxed milk
\n& wouldn\u2019t want to if I did.
\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n
GINGHAM HELLO HELLO<\/p>\n
The picnic is the same inside
\nas outside, I want the shining
\nlight of Jesus in my life & I want
\nthe milky coffee stain to mold.
\nYou are scrambled like an
\negg in a rock tumbler, you
\nare a queen in a hill of larva.
\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n
TODAY YOU ARE COMING TO VISIT<\/p>\n
Today I am letting
\nthe bear get very hungry.
\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n
WHITTLE IF YOU GET LOST<\/p>\n
He turned into
\na fossil over
\nnight. A last
\nmistake. A new
\nrock.
\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n
MAKE MY NOOSE A CANDY NECKLACE<\/p>\n
I have an invisible friend.
\nHe is less invisible than you.
\nI am wearing my own shoes.
\nThey are very nice shoes.
\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n
IT IS VERY EXCITING<\/p>\n
Four pillars made
\nfrom dog hair
\nmade this house.
\nOur perch is in the sun.
\nQuick! Run into
\nthe parlor
\nthere is a new
\nblemish to see.
\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n
EATING OFFA DIRTY PLATE<\/p>\n
Tonight let\u2019s make
\na teenage mistake.
\nI\u2019ve never witnessed
\na miracle I didn\u2019t
\nthink could be better.
\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n
LIQUID CORNDOG<\/p>\n
Gold Teeth
\nGold Teeth
\nYou are the song
\nnot the sung.
\nLet\u2019s forget
\nwe have a past
\ntogether.<\/p>\n
_____________________________________<\/p>\n
THIS FOREST GETS ROMANTIC<\/p>\n
No one leaves
\nthe unprincipled light.
\nStalking a deer
\ncovered by rain-
\ncoat & sycamore sap.
\nI am humble
\nin this gown
\nI look
\nat you look
\nlet\u2019s find new
\nbranches
\nto hang
\nthe wind.<\/p>\n
_____________________________________<\/p>\n
Friedrich Kerksieck runs Small Fires Press in Memphis with his wife, Gabrielle Trimm & two cats, Bela & Bip. He works as a freelance binder, box-maker & letterpress printer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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