poem || Jeff Harrison

 
Sea Swallow and Tree Apollo
 
include drivetrain crankshaft rotate
include pony rides
include sunflower seeds
include dying, yes? let me guess!
include myself here (signed, F.D. Light)
include both of the Koreas (a dated reference?)
include your own witches to burn
include "The Man in the High Castle"
include grapeberry ministers
 
include:
 
include Wormswork, William &
include Willie go 'round in circles /
Willie fly high like a bird up in the sky
include ah, eh, er, uh, um, & sometimes w
include this line
include many many Egyptians
include "this means you"
include several references to Virginia
include irrefutable proof of Atlantis
include a description of the Isles of Orkney
include a swimsuit in the bear's meal
include the brain when speaking of the body

include Harper's Ferry
include your petrol and uvula
include hotel motel Holiday Inn
include "cusp was just about"
include blank verse
include shipping and handling
include addition and replication
include the block bone
include block island

include circumference
include gold fever
include "The Boyne Water"
include hyphens
include the secret service
include global momentum
include exclude
include exclude include
include exclude include exclude
include "let's not and say we did"
include slow spiraled particles &
include Adam & Eve, sir, &
we'll get this planet started

include the beguilement of dust
include the europe of trusts
include many shadows & stymies? a must!
include "Parnassus or bust"
include a nice flaky crust
include a fork, it's only just
include what will never combust
include what is beginning to rust
include a plan for readjustment
include silver dollars
include dog collars
include the hollow and the full
include the bull and the wool
include sea swallow and tree apollo