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The Red Maple


In Lieu of an Introduction
. . . he recommended to all those who might be impressed with a sense of their importance to bury a copy or copies of each work properly...


God's Hooks
All manner of things might well be well.
But if they’re aren't, how would we tell?


Satan Fakes a Bow
Effecting a more perfect union
Is what it's all about—


Too Fierce to Mention
Some things are just too fierce to mention
But I mention them here anyway!


Nothing New under the Sun
Artificial intelligence is nothing new.
It's natural wisdom that's vanished from view.


Luck
They're divorced now, of course.


The Bagatelle
The sun has spots, a leopard, too.


Pickle Juice
A plurality of congers calls for bouillabaisse!


Acédie
Miracle Whip in the Great Depression!


Sure You Do
Found things have guided my life—


Il ritorno di Edipo in patria
There are a million poets in the United States,
All lined up waiting at the Pearly Gates.


The Right Side of History
Jesting Pilate, it's no joke,
right side up the family yoke!


The Arms Allowed
I might be an idiot, but I’m not a fool!


Mugwump of the Final Hour
You call this “nonsense history”?
And so it is—but made of words, must be!


86'd
You did not promise overmuch, Parent . . .
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