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A Prayer (2003)
Dear Lord, save me from oversimplification
Deliver me from self-actualization
Release me from economic stimulation
Protect me from unwanted viruses and unsolicited
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An Unexpected Kiss (2005)
An unexpected kiss
arrived on you
on the beach
in Biddeford Pool, Maine.
You were righteously and forcefully
smooched by Abigail.
She was four-years-old.
That is
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Ancient Bureaucracies We Have Inherited (2002)
Despicable administrators roam the earth
fighting off inevitable extinction.
I breathe contempt from my flaming nostrils
onto perfumed technocrats, incompetent office
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Enter the Lumen (2003)
I stopped reading poems to you
because you fall asleep.
Then I realize, this is the point
of a good poem, to take you away
to a safe place to sleep.
I watch you se
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First Poem for My Son (2005)
After a rain, a creek will swell and overflow.
The river of my heart,
now each day, leaps its banks,
and carves new openings.
I am surging into fatherhood,
gushing
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Honeymoon (2004)
Where did I marry you?
Ah, yes! I remember,
In an orchard of pistachios.
Each time I pass the inn where I first met you,
I kiss the door.
You wrapped a brilliant
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Making School Lunches (2004)
Mom worked when I was a kid
She didn’t have time
to prepare my lunch.
Dad didn’t care about mundane matters
so often I went hungry
or suffered the humiliation of b
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Memorial Day, May 29, 2006 (2006)
for Boone
Today we did so many things.
In the village, a yellow Labrador
licked you on the face. You smiled.
I sang “Baa Baa Black Sheep”
and you carried the t
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My First Chest Hairs (2003)
I numbered them,
named them,
protected them like newborns.
I have celebrated the arrival
of many types of hair,
from the first foliage of my manhood
to the wildwe
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Nightly the Moon (2002)
Nightly the moon
creeps in a high window
and copulates with your face.
Nightly the moon loiters upon your latitudes
without maps or suitable provisions.
Nightly
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Rabbit (after an idea by Stephen Dobyns) (2003)
They use rabbits for scientific experiments
don’t they?
Because rabbits cannot cry,
dilute the intended effect.
I am a rabbit
my lack of tears
my keen sensitivity
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Tell Me the Best Dog Names in the World (2002)
Oliver
Freddy
Don Gato
Leon
Levi
Dugly
Ratso
Cricket
Doctor Jones
Stanley
Wazoo
Mookie
Frippy
Weasel
Winkie
Deacon
Bluto
Paw Paw
Freaky
Nomar
Kongtr
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The First Duty of Love (2002)
"The first duty of love is to listen."
-Paul Tillich (theologian)
We are in the kindergarten of marriage
where they teach you the second duty of love
to be delibe
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The Shock of Being Pulled Back (2004)
I have lived an impaired life
yes, I know . . . full of majesty
but colored with greyness and technique.
Because of my limitations
I have searched for salvation, f
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What Marriage Has Taught Me (2007)
Attraction is mysterious and electrifying
Be intentional and avoid shortcuts
Presentation and appearance matter
Tiny gestures bring great rewards
Potent commu
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When Christina Slept with John (2004)
When Christina slept with John
I pretended I was too cool to care
but my freshman heart was broken.
I clearly remember him emerging
to use the dormitory bathroom
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