Poems by Thomas Lux
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Marine Snow At Mid-Depths And Down
... and flesh, you slip straight down, unreeled, ...
He Has Lived In Many Houses
... under an overturned rowboat, in a villa (briefly) but not, ...
Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy
... and even dangerous (the eel, hog snake, ...
To Help the Monkey Cross the River
... s, and the smart ones, in a cage, can be taught to smile ...
It's the Little Towns I Like
... there’s no other way, your father gets in a rowboat ...
Empty Pitchforks
... where nothing was palpable, there was repossession ...
The People of the Other Village
... if we did not hurt them first: mail them packages of rats, ...
And Still It Comes
... remorseless, it comes, faster when you turn your back, ...
Pedestrian
... and inevitable, is not yours, although yours also ...
Goofer-Dust
... one-half grain, a flaky mote, an infinitesimally small fleck ...
The Bitterness of Children
... are bitter. Them, rats, snakes: the chased and chasers ...
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