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Ground Zero ground zero, (noun) 1: the point directly above, below, or at which a nuclear explosion occurs 2: the center
or origin of rapid, intense, or violent activity or change; broadly : CENTER 2a 3: the very beginning : SQUARE ONE 4: a place for drinks and mischief...located on Beale Street
a quick pour of a spirit named after the date when tequila was first aged in wood barrels: 1800
my salted neck lime’s flesh between my teeth body shots with a superhero
his mouth unplugged my entire world I was and am the careless daughter of a cautious man
drinking blue agave with a beer back way
south of my borders hoarding electricity while others searched for power
9:10 pm edt
HomophonesDo both: be aware, beware she has a penchant for penchants ingenuously ingenious her pieces of peace very varied discreet and
discrete
these vices, a vise him, she chants, a hymn— praying for prey please, she pleads a peek piques gilt edged guilt
such presence, a present our hour together elicits illicit intents.
Intense insights that incite trussed trust
7:53 pm edt
HomeI live in a bubble where prom queens have pull and men worship three pointers wrong number conversations last for an hour the mayor mows his own lawn and people remember generations past each time my
youngest son smiles
my home floats above and beyond any embellished horizon cyclical and circular a perfect lustrous sphere of continuous beginnings perpetual endings untouchable moments that
I can hold in the palm of my hand
10:05 pm edt
Rewindlooking over the hard angle of my strong brown shoulder I feel like I could wave to the
girl I used to be she seems close enough to touch but
still
just out of reach
10:58 am est
Bravesudoku puzzles done in ink wearing cashmere around puppies and white denim to a picnic walking barefoot on Broadway feeding fugu to a child mothers in miniskirts drinking with strangers unlocked doors kissing with open eyes tempting fate pushing good luck and telling the truth
This is an example of catalog verse, which is a poem comprised of a list of persons, places, things, or
abstract ideas which share a common denominator. Some people prefer to call it a 'list poem.' Whatever
you want to call it, it is an ancient form and it was originally a type of didactic poetry, meant to teach rather than
entertain.
I don't write many list poems. If I remember correctly, paison_de_moot is the reader who doesn't consider this form to be poetry. What do you think? Is this a poem or just
a list?
10:55 pm edt
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