forgotten geography
the people who gave these places names
have long since gone
most of their meager descendants
are piling up empties
in the world of laverne and shirley
just like the rest of us
while it's true that a tiny few have tried
to reclaim the names
by affixing them
to gleaming palaces
filled with games of chance
and there are still some spry old women
who lately wonder
at the inviting sound of places
called big water or spirit fire
no one really remembers how these places
came to bear the names they bear
or why
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social studies
in the theater
scientists researching
mate selection in humans
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white crow
through a noonday haze
that made the neighbors' eyes water
she heard a bird fly
in a rush of thoughts
she mistook for rare insight
she called the crow white
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invalid knowledge 1
the ones
who can no longer walk
are most keenly aware
that liberation
is achieved
step by step
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black hole theory 1
we believe
that all manner of things
have arrived
and will ever after abide
in an unlit place
that we know no one will ever see
we hope
that we might someday come to see
a stream of matter
that seems to be flowing steadily
towards this place
but which we know will have already reached
its permanent and invisible home
by the time we see it
we expect
that through the sight of such a stream
we'll be able to tell everyone
where the place is
so that they can avoid it
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impeachable logic
from the precipice
comes the accusation
it's not about sex
it's about lying under oath
the people below reply
worthy accusers
leap over these cliffs
it won't be about falling
it'll be about flying through the air
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