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RATS LIVE ON NO EVIL STAR*



Scurrying surrogates of

infamy turd the

purpled night sky.


Unrepentant lichen

pirouettes in

sea foam marginalia.


Wide-berthed caesurae,

Plangent assholes wink

in genuflecting transparency.


False maps beckon to

madrigals masturbating

in violin cases ……. splish splack!



*Profound, isn’t it? I scavenged nine key words from other people’s workshop poems. Can you guess which ones? Someone in the group borrowed Anne Sexton's palindrome without attribution. That gave me the idea of taking a word or phrase from each person's poem. I think it’s time for me to apply for a grant.