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Song of the Busboy

Ryan Buynak

in the eyes of senator strangers,
they are help, just.
they are not blue-collar,
but they are not parking lot attendants.

no one wants to hear their stories any more,
omelettes and cigarettes,
maintenance …

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Anthem for a Siesta Rambo (Universal Prayer)

Dolors Miquel

Lift up your hearts… lift up your bums!
Lift your bums off those chairs, sons of the Sow!
Lift your bodies off those sofas, you couch potatoes!
And, if you can’t …

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Mammal with Flea

Dolors Miquel
Translated by Peter Bush

I God, the mammal,

look agog at the universe and invisible things

and at the flea on the belly of my dog.

Will she too look at me

with the same …

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Bacteria Street Circus

David Hermann

scan the detail for spectators
blind maestro

hear the hoopla
when they zoom

up and down
into and through

desk city
microbe avenue

ashen spheres
and pill shaped acids

dancing
logarithms

here

among your pens…

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