Friday, March 21, 2008

Advanced Degrees Above El Paso


These are the kind of thoughts
go on the road at five AM,
advanced degrees I got
in place of ones I didn't get
with jobs and friends:

When the Trojan War Was Lost,
Shakespeare Didn't Write This Poem,
True Light That Lights,
Virtual Man's Orc Carapace,
(that should be put in quotes),
Prince Shibboleth, the Seer of Balaam,
Love Voyage, Blake's Jerusalem,
Paragories, Isaiah's Story,
Outtakes, Flower of the Golden Age,
Vox Poemato, Psalm 46.

Some of these have since appeared,
For simple belonging I sacrificed drafts,
fictional bios changed, attached,
Elder Stretch, CheesE Blocks, The Macks.
The past I gave up last.

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