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Lightbulb eyes 

no surprise 

she chose the electric chair 

 

How many gmail necks 

can you fit in one noose, 

how many deaths can the internet prophesize? 

 

Typeface is sans post mortem 

her imaginary friends wore 

glitter over plastic guillotine – 

prey tell, play poetic 

scrabble with gravestones 

 

Poems on the stones others skimmed 

rivers deep, rain in gutters, 

see how honestly they sank 

as whale breath crying on shingle 

 

The moon on your dress 

epitaph or eclipse? 

Five vessels sail to the heart 

the first is a shipwreck  

and the others mere submarine

without periscope

 

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    1. Lot of interesting ideas, imagery and turns of phrase in your poetry. “prey tell”, for example…I love that subtle shake-up in word. No cliche detected here. Thanks for giving my poetmind something to chew & stew on, as always.

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