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by J.D. Nelson

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kliff, the baron of the market
        the chain of the hearse

 

the scraping giraffe was the national outlaw
wired chuck, the name of the balance

 

hear that calm nun?
the young clown is a s-u-r-f word

 

the neighboring wolf
wrapped in the blanket of the noon

 

the wallet of the sandwich tick
the saint peter of the sea

 

        the lard of love
        win a lard lego

 

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J. D. Nelson’s poetry has appeared in many small press publications, worldwide, since 2002. His first full-length collection of poems, entitled *in ghostly onehead*, is slated for a 2021 release by mOnocle-Lash Anti-Press. Visit http://www.MadVerse.com for more information and links to his published work. Nelson lives in Colorado.

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