PS: Your Poem a Week w/ Philippe Shils

52. Notaprayer

11/23/2020

52. Notaprayer

He licks each
palm once
and presses
them together
at bedtime.
For luck said
matter of factly
when I ask why.
Startled and unashamed.
This is a Viking move I say.
A casual path
to the gods.

I try this same salt and it
does slide the knuckles
and clench the difficult fist.
My sleep is ferocious:
steeples
lurching
economies
candle
profiteers

In the morning
a perfect red
drop on the porcelain
that I scratch away
with a fingernail.

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51. Beatlesdemosreviewsonnet

11/20/2020

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51. Beatlesdemosreviewsonnet

JohnJoeGeorgePeteGaragePaulVanRimgo
fight me fight about it all we wantgo
is these demos learning how to do it
do itwith their girlfriends they daytrip
problems we have problems with revelation
each of their handclaps hero’s subsaheroin
problems they know how to do it fight me
fight meteddy boy trigger happytesty
boy sing and fight me got a stupidsong
In my head looks like emperor elviskong
paulbrawljon twoofus on knees argumently
his fists we like it before sung perfectly
plague days require imperfect tunes
beaches presand and trees prepruned

itjars just a little amidst the
studio looking ondrugs in jambor
jamburg fire your manager fight me
fight menot right to hear this warped record
and it’s scratch just scratch a scratch the stretch marks
as they happen the laughs about them
about the coolgirl the fangyration
record needle innoculation
fight me fight me fight for makingup a
word like mama jeweli uhmabell
foyerstarsfourof them fable fabtop
johnlikeajockey stands highatop
diga horsey dig thepigsty armband
I wannawan highlyrec recoup yerhand

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50. Theftstudy

11/12/2020

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50. Theftstudy

Query:
How manyman
mento robo torob
two women:

Process: process:
Variables include
Include/sanddepth
Include/rainfall
include/moonphase

Interview:
the second
woman asecond
was asked
asked interrogatd
ifshe if she
suffered much
from the deeds of
her son when he was
hewas as mayor.
she answered
whenasked: why am
I why was I why she
was responsible

Answeredanswergiven:
toldshe
was told to suffer
foolsbetter.

Following. Followup:
mistrial. mistrial:
a man went free.
loco doll local
news smiling
courtreporter
writ broke story
brokenegghoarder

Follow up. Follow:
hiswife
shechewed
her nail
until itbled.
it itstained
her pillowwith
redslivered moons.

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49.warrantymurderballad

11/10/2020

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49.
warrantymurderballad

I can not
I tried to
fix it repairher
needs parts
sadly parted
warrant out

Warranty
void void
faulty
ballchain
woe worn
swornaffid
affidavit

I can fix
deep troubles
but itis shot
twice he tried
shakesnakebit
his headher hand

Sadly infixable
dustand defeat
and the end
of aroad
it’ll cost you 99

99 years it’s time
is up up to judge you
99 years it breaks
every 99 years
itrains every

99 years cell in
this cell I have to
sell you a new one
every 99 years

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48.battlesongballad

11/7/2020

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48.
battlesongballad

name me
the scourge
as well are
you well
do you have
the courage to
be a star
at the altar
do you
who do
youawait

I resent
the letter
I resent
the bitter
wayyou
havemade
me feel

don’t lament
at the door
bellow to the
choruschorus
choruschorus

did I tell
you about
her her
her holster
and it’s
potential
for disaster
this is no
closure full
dulldisclosure
this is revenge
thisis isis

disaster for you
andonly you
and them
thatare
likeyou

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