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"Unsense"
by Jeph Johnson
1.
I've seen sobering raspberry darkness
in shoulders crumpled delight
A fluent nor savvy beast embarks
and circles through the night
2.
The alphabet echoes as fate's attraction
foils the natural root of pain
Wretched restraint opposes recollection
and testimonial refrain
3.
A foundation of parliament climbs
as stairs expand the facts
Oral seeking travesty minds
the midnight concrete raft
4.
Sand castles of passion reunite
rancid with bittersweet
Enlightenment creeps abundantly tonight
and honor fails complete
5.
Faster the proof is nasty
notorious moods define
Shouts meticulous and drastic
cobwebs gather up my spine
6.
I laugh into the window
without careful trends
The circumstantial innuendo
starts fraying at the ends
7.
Remarkably repulsive though
consumed with crucial luck
Destruction runs the gamut solely
relying on what's struck
8.
Mistakes and honor flood my past
intrinsic and heartfelt
Reverting her candy string sarcasm
to parties god has dealt
9.
I've no more confidence in iron
no Christlike panda bear
Construction stunts my sad desire
to behave awake and unaware
10.
Cartoon stardom pushes out
napkins decry my creed
Pounding phantom whereabouts
of floral fiber stationary
11.
Humor trips on transportation
lower like a feud
Between a less-enduring creation
garland in the mood
12.
Oriental referendums
prance about my rationale
When I subtract the addendum
it equals number five Channel
13.
Shirts betray then skirts away
in manic misled crimes
Carnal cartilage foray
the illusion of good times
14.
My traumatic fascination
abounds behind the rink
I skate emphatic about the nation
and stutter when I think
15.
I mastermind my manners fully
discuss what's in your hide
Express, pursued, entice and bully
a brightness from inside
16.
Cast aside the pessimistic
unravelling harpoon
Thrill rides of expression as thick
as a walk on the moon
17.
Deposition devoid of grandeur
winds up as defeat
Caterpillars like a cancer
soar distant and petite
18.
Land is presently unfruitful
and a panacea of cream
Hands of women respond truthfully
when days bust out of seems
19.
Bathing and raving obsolete
life perched on the pier
Roosters crow and people eat
anything they can hear
20.
Marble patience and sassy pride
are factions darting through
A crude and hassle-free inside;
the fond remnants of you
21.
No more cashless providence
so dapper I compute
She sashays right through the fence
and negates what I've construed
22.
Muscles practice their renewal
answers ride the tides
Transcending astral-tantric tools
until the craze subsides
23.
On and on and off and off
the more I see slim sight
I hack and worry and hack and cough
and no one ever kisses right
24.
Carpel-tunnel burrows down
the mule-carved mini-skirt
Entrapped in semi-rural towns
spinning free of earth
