J. D. Nelson - three poems

1. there once was a listening burd who didn’t sing & only listened

he heard yelling

it was a tree next to a hole in the ground

he said don’t worry you have a root system that will keep you from falling in

and the tree seemed to be comforted by this

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2. "a" is for applesauce in a five-gallon bucket

earth knows him and welcomes his contributions

the machines like them and so do we

a mirror clam of the daisy face

a landing pad for the insects we call oink lasers

make up some worms

aliens clone pine cones

clumps of clumb, boxing blarg

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3. oatmeal worm

tiger’s head floating in space

baby blades

here in the village with no socks on our feet

gunched crumb

sitting in the chair of the morning sitting and thinking

plunk was a cushion

the monster waited around and read some magazines

but the people never showed up

oh well he said I guess I’ll go hungry tonight

and he curled up in a ball and fell asleep

the head is removable which is a nice feature

JD Nelson - 5 poems

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1

I saved an earwig from the black plastic bag of death

shattered crab, friend of the cloud

this is the savings

the little moon

find a clue of the morning to start a non-world

is that cooler than the hum of the sunset

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2

carols potter the plan a nice planet you know the world is a baby

the plumber of the sunlight

the chambliss of course

the only head in the sky was mine

spotted hen won’t you cluck for me

a child of the north greets the dust

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3

a plastic answer from a robotic fern

for you to eat the dust when you grumble

shelter shell was in person that night

sleep was a knockover

the old cost of financing the lateral onion

sleep was a donkey eye

wooden face is diamond demento

the night is a saucer for the recruitment yarn

room for a bank in there 

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4

something reaches out and grabs your ankle

get salt ready for blanking out the people

following that war lizard marching in denton, tx

you need to note that the sci is a corn field baby

the brain reacting to the star wars cake

get back with that shepherd to start the feelings

a junior button from the mellow brown pants

ouch was winstead fog the grump of the hour

wild oz of hair returned with a letter to the sky

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5

when all you have is a red hot burrito

long ago when we were metal detectors and used the landspeeder

spool of the wish is the one eye

couldn’t be the one this time

this could be the good face of the window (earth shuttling)

J. D. Nelson - Five Poems

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1. the corner of the milk

glass text for 81

the blue cube code

earth

with its many armies

this setting

in the dark

with the words

wearing my nike heat jeans

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2. we don’t & do

future wolf is inside-out today

future wolf in time

            time

                                   time

what is this today yasteddy

something like the nice icely

sad like that friend

wearing the spaghetti hat

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3. we should start a soda war with earth

the little burd

was an egg-plant

more of the snakes

earth eating earth

rhombus a claire

cow hum

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4. overlord pants

inner ear cloud

the flute of caw!

corner rat

think “T”

for tender

spine rid

rate goat

got slimp

right pilaf says

demand denim!

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5. feeding upon the crumbles of glass

                        the nocturnal earth

it was a color of green                       in the sea

to get inside the morning

when I do

i heard something about

shuffle, shuffle

you keep on the creeping side

elope with a rattlesnake

would you like a torch?

no, I’m fine –

I have a burning loaf of bread