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NOTHING IS NICE FOR LONG
We arrived somewhat late to the line. She didn’t want what she wanted. How should I read my song? Nothing is nice for long. Today in May is thirty degrees. By middle age we are rotting fruit. It’s...
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SCARRIET POETRY BASEBALL: LAUREATES TAKE ON MERV GRIFFIN’S GAMERS
Laureate fever is sweeping Los Angeles. A small band of fans have gathered in an undisclosed location near Hollywood to vocally cheer on the Laureates, the “Irish” team of the Scarriet Poetry Baseball...
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE LEAGUE, EMPEROR DIVISION STANDINGS, LEADERS
Fellini’s Broadcasters play in Rimini, Italy. Nero is their manager. They’re currently 6-10. Dublin Laureates Get John Townsend Trowbridge The prolific author John Townsend Trowbridge, born in 1827,...
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PISTOLS AT CARRIAGES
Randolph Churchill MBE. Manager of the Berlin Pistols in the Glorious Division. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to London, England where Queen Victoria’s Carriages host the Berlin Pistols. The Carriages...
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MY SECOND MISTRESS CAME TO ME TODAY
My second mistress came to me today and told me I was wrong. I had taken a quote from Mina Loy Who said all women at puberty should become wise, That feminine virtue is a vanity invented by men, And...
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WHY DO I WRITE POEMS THAT ARE SAD?
Why do I write poems that are sad? When we celebrate, we drop the letter on the ground Which says, “Congratulations! You have won…” And we hug each other, and dance around. Nor is the happy message...
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WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE BERLIN PISTOLS?
The philosopher. Heidegger. Pitching coach for the Berlin Pistols in the Glorious League. The Scarriet Poetry Baseball League is organized this way: The Emperor Division (5 teams) LAST WEEK The...
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IT’S FINALLY GREEN
There’s so much industry and comfort In places of winter and war. Indian goddess, beautiful and sad, Your tears are pathetic. They make me mad. The best actresses are angry actresses. Our tragedies...
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BEN FRANKLIN’S SECRETS BATTLE HARVEY WEINSTEIN’S ACTORS FOR FIRST PLACE
Paul Simon plays right field for the Secrets. He has one homer after sixteen games. The Secrets and their ace, Edgar Poe (who made a couple of costly fielding errors) lost their first game of the...
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SCIENCE IS A SHADOW
Sometimes at night When we flip on the light We think a shadow is a thing. In the daytime, it’s called hearsay— Or certainty, when it’s lecturing. Only trust your eyes, The master, da Vinci, said, And...
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KOLKATA COBRAS SENDING GANDHI BACK TO BULLPEN?
Rupi Kaur is the manager of the 8-8 Cobras in the Peoples League Satyajit Ray has a dilemma. His Cobras are pitching and hitting well, but they’re only winning half their games, and they’re losing...
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MORE TERRIBLE THAN GOOD
The summing up is never far behind. The math of it all preys on us. The fear of it lives one hair below the mind. This implies more sadness, this less. Because their suffering is not our suffering,...
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NO YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
No you don’t understand; The horror is not what I describe In this poem; there’s nothing to fear In what I describe. We are the horror. The horror is here. The flames are not coming for us; We are the...
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WHAT IS MORE MEANINGFUL THAN THIS?
Your heart goes zing zing zing With your arm in a sling. Love is dancing right there With you in a wheelchair. She has a kind surprise to tell. You’re not feeling very well. Ecstatic, you start to get...
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SHARON OLDS, EDNA MILLAY, MARGARET ATWOOD IGNITE PAMELA HARRIMAN’S DREAMERS
Pamela Harriman’s Dreamers lead the Modern Division with a 12-4 record, thanks to Edna Vincent Millay’s 8 home runs, Sharon Olds’ 8 home runs, and Margaret Atwood’s 4-0 2.20 ERA record. Atwood leads...
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SOLDIER, YOU DIDN’T WANT TO DIE
Soldier, you didn’t want to die, But you died. The country you saved Hasn’t the luxury to perish as you did, Young, the light blinding in your photo, Handsome forever. We are now dying a different...
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THE WISE KNOW
The wise know Emotions need to be kept low, Or we will spoil All the excellence and toil. Let slow emotions be so small We will not think jealous thoughts at all. Let the fast emotions die Which kill...
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DISINFORMATION
Disinformation Experts played with their kitty cats last night Before they snuggled into a good night’s sleep. They woke up with sunny smiles, looking forward to another day Twittering against...
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THE ATTEMPT TO KNOW
Once my lover told me she wanted to know The precise date she would die— No. This is too much courage and foresight for me. Too much planning would be involved. Your whole life would become a poem,...
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THIS IS WHY I DON’T CARE
The fantasy is always better than the reality Except in those cases, extremely rare, Where reality is a happy accident. That’s why hardly anything happens and we don’t care. The lazy stealing of money...
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