| lessons in hay and other mostly honest ramblings (the chapbook) by cliff lynn featuring original art by amy m. lynn should be available before the crackheads come home to roost |
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| "One should wear sleeves When bucking hay Or risk one's arms becoming scarred and itching strangers..." |
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| "Fourteen years old And thinking pre-law My Bosniak Girl..." |
| "She's the too-thin blond housewife hanging torn bedsheets from a nylon clothesline..." |
| "After fifteen years in a coma Guy wakes up, finds his wife is someone He don't wanna know..." |
| "Listen: Hope has many faces..." |
| "A pair of lubricous snow weasels Tearin' up the tundra..." |
| "Rather an orange mood tonight..." |
| "Unlike the Mexicans, Billy doesn't mind shoveling pigshit..." |
| "This crawlspace holds but two Not cramped, but private..." |
| "Your eyes are life They dance Like a match tip flame dances..." |
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| "Didja hear? Over ta Olsen School There's a new German kid in the fifth grade..." |
| "What the hell is that? Listermint? Baby, don't you know I don't like mouthwash?..." |
| "A Blackberry Wind... ...floats cool and fresh, Surprises my wrist from above..." |
| "You're always breaking your fall Why not experience Pavement meeting face?..." |
| "Blond cigarette girl's confused Got great pins, like a tennis pro..." |
| "Keep your voices down, please I'm walkin' here And wherever I tread Is a perennial hospital zone..." |
| "Cat's intelligent - A stumbling encyclopedia And good-looking - In an aging SamwiseGamji kind of way..." |
| "Tonight I got me this Sentimental feelin' Can feel it in my chest..." |
| "Philbert got himself a good thing going (Even though his mother named him Philbert) Not bright, but steroid-free Got him a b-ball ride to UNC..." |
| 'Nothin' wrong with reminiscin' Thought the man with the bloody eyes And the bloodier maries..." |
| "If you got 'em, then you should smoke 'em..." |
| "She doesn't realize She's never seen The back of her own head..." |
| "Waukegan, Illinois Bud kisses his wife's cheek as he passes thru the kitchen What is that, mutton stew?..." |
| "In the corner, opposite the corner with the lit floor lamp He's waiting, in the company of a duffel bag..." |
| "Randy and Tommy motored north their sixteenth summer To the Canadian border, and the lake cabin of Randy's grandpere..." |
| updated near-daily! |