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JANET I. BUCK
Harm's Way
In short Haikus, my whittled limbs
will teach you things
with apoplectic certainty.
Their crawlspace is so limited,
they trim the fat off easy meat.
Rattled brainwaves of a tear;
tumble at the slightest trauma
breaking concentration's tail.
I've earned a right to moodiness,
but hate that state of mind
so much, I'd rather live
in busy fits of fast denial
than wear solicitude of weak.
Sumptuary laws of pride
determine effort's solemn shape.
Struggle is one floating plight
infecting every way I turn--
but I would kiss it
French-tongue style
in lieu of losing art of motion
even in its limping curse.
Harm's way fashions repertoires
of ugly shame, but also stacks
thick courage bricks.
I study hard discomfort
of the universe;
scratch firm trouble in my shorts.
The sex of one successful step
behind the rocks of ones collapsed.
Try's mortar is a muted
shade but never moot.
Its firm erection rules the earth.
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