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4 rings

 By J.D. Nelson

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at the sound of the tone,
please heave your lame
& plumber
& we'll get flack to you
as soon as popsicle
< meep >
yeah it's me
hey I woke up
this morning w/ a tattoo

it says:

listen to the past
& step boldly
into the furniture.

I was wondering if you
might know anything
about it, because I sure don't

did I trip the question switch
like deliverance
come charging through
w/ an eight-sided rainbow
distance yourself
from the flame-makers

lower me down
to the next platform
I have to get off
around here somewhere

I might as well be
in your neighborhood
w/ a cup of horse blood

 

 

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J.D. Nelson once taught a stingray to speak French. Poorly. 

 


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