DUCK DITTY

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JOURNAL#17

hungry and lost

how beautifully appropriate

to stipulate further such folly

is almost wild

only a few more dismal failures

left to dwell on along with my

sick thoughts

in this dark hell's pit

sitting here

mutely studying the more intricate

details

of the totally absurd

'tis a pity

that I'm such a damn poor poet

this could have been my swan song

(instead its a Duck Ditty!)

so shoot me and call me a blameless duck

as Emily Dickinson

I am not.................

(Dec. 27, 1997)

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