Tom Miller Poems - 1997

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alive and dirty

 

yesterday at the dumpster

behind the minute market

 

i was throwing out the trash

when i saw something move

 

maybe it was a man or

maybe it was the garbage

come to life

 

watch out where you’re throwing

that shit

 

whatever it was said,

 

I’m trying to live in here

 

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church of the living asshole

 

some people are not happy being depressed

they have to bring you down with them

some people are bores

 

they must bore you and call you boring

to feel justified in their cause

some people are just assholes

 

if you are not an asshole

they will not be satisfied until you are

church of the living asshole

 

always recruiting, always accepting donations

 

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believe in something

 

if not god

 

believe in water

running cool over tar stained feet

cleansing

 

if not hope

 

believe in the sun

caressing the skin as no lover can

warming

 

if not yourself

 

believe in me

that i will hold you closely

comforting

 

until something better comes alongs

 

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brain

 

my little mind

can control

my big mind

 

my big mind

can control

my little mind

 

i can suck my own dick

 

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cindy the ball buster

 

in elementary school

a girl named cindy

 

learned how to kick

the boys in the balls

 

of all the places

a girl could kick

 

that particular target seemed to her

to produce the most profound effect

 

boys doubled over

clutching themselves

 

eyes wide mouths agape

gasping for air

 

and the more she kicked the boys

the more she liked it

 

a vicious circle

no talk-- just kicking

 

walked right up when you least expected

and kicked you in the balls

 

later in life she learned to

produce the same effect

 

without kicking

 

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