jim leftwich - 9 poems

 1. process before November

crazy islands vote their

sentences make disbelonging 

foamy sun / making a second

tea, a second team / the,

the young bleed crises

upon their heads of state

10.31.2020

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2. diameter two halts

nominal cancerous conditions

middle pandemic normalcy,

salty use less hinges / medium

cheese entitled to a presence

10.31.2020

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3. reminds a soggy onion

umbrella venerated romanticist

sneeze hands half sun / time

and time again, against the

exrequirements of everyone

is a desert unto their proven risk

10.31.2020

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4. feral campfires drainage

held islands vote their

sentences drain disbelonging 

foamy sun / lobbyists a second

tea, a second corporate/ the,

the businesses bleed crises

upon their end of the various

10.31.2020

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5. reproach and prolific

doubling-down cancerous conditions

six-figure pandemic normalcy,

salty use less swing states / medium

cheese entitled to get out the vote

10.31.2020

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6. trade abstract ten walk

umbrella venerated indestructible

origin hands half sun / time

egg-shaped again, against the

eyes cringe cracked everyone

is a desert more than ever unseen

10.31.2020

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7. that do to be

held damages vote their

vacant drain disbelonging 

foamy sun / fuzzy broom &

tea, a second spectrum notes

the businesses caulk mad

distill and acclaim the growl

10.31.2020

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8. improvised horse & legacy

octopus mushrooming conditions

tune the lights pandemic normalcy,

salty soap notable swing states 

delve errant combats chosen dissect

10.31.2020

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9. surfiction stomping drum

umbrella foamy indestructible

origin hands half sun / botch

winter limits worse against the

new waving sulfur everyone

has destructive transit legume

10.31.2020