Brendan Lorber
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My opulent
riddle of hammers — swim!
Swim little
brothers
Swim to freedom!
41
In the
lexicon of battle
the
hands-free feminine clause
...as
predicted
7
Wool
knickers! Cotton knickers!
Felt knickers
cloud the Basilica
8
The era of
portraiture ends
with Mother
& your best friend
59
He was born
in St.
Petersburg
& left
only once
never to
return
except once
14
This is
section 57
of the map of
my
Ninja Testicle
50
Under her
raiment,
the Countess
counted cards
32
A humming
appliance
brought him
comfort
The comfort
of war
12
Wet naps vs.
soap
Donohue vs.
Wopner
Naples vs.
Syphilis
25
Why are your
dreams
populated
with spinsters
Cynthia?
Is it the
tyranny of soup
seen from
within?
44
The wood
nymph
with the big
umph
62
3 ifs 5 ands
7 buts
53
a blizzard of
snipes
a welter of
hogs
a wedge of
spiders
26
My phantom
limb
is now
open for
business
10
Rock paper
seashells
by the rock
paper shore
11
Go to hell,
Hershey, PA
style!
35
I will tell
you certain things
I will tell
you other things
But you don’t
get certain
other things,
you fuckwad
2
Under a rock
there was a
sock,
ruined!
65
I’m sorry I
was mean to you
in your
experientially &
perceptually
deranged
world of
demons & shadows
47
My pants are
baggy
My legs fresh
Knee-deep in
the
collapsing
proposal
54
My holistic
self went to the ATM
&
withdrew $20
28
You know
kindness with a
Resignation
Tender
4
The trial
continues
until Rainbow
Boy
proclaims
Dead Heat
29
You hustled
in the west
You hustled
in the kitchen
You hustled
the night
into leggy
avarice & sin
into pepper
38
According to
my notes
Donatella is
. . . Fugue in Dog Minor
56
Hey Mister
Device
How long
is your
longest hour?
& when
can we expect you?
66
The less
accurate
Magic 7 ball