from Marcus Slease, Texfiles Poet of the Week: 



You'd never want to even TRY NEW SHOES, 

because your OLD shoes are the VERY LAST SHOES 

you will EVER WANT. ...



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There’s no magic

in money no mum

in the clouds no guess

list on the table thence

passion betrayal

is a streetcar full of slaphappy

dead tense oak come glory

dulled down metaphysics metacarpal

metacorporeal.



I breathe legions 	lesions 	liaisons 		



the weather     he said 		



I said 		the weather 		



he said the weather

is not the issue ditto imagination 

or stolen cuff links hibiscus cream jelly 

sinister hands.



Resolve: mother many I.

Resolve: wolf crumbs.

Resolve: confess confess confess.



I cry with my little eye swollen on the brink.

The price of carnage never raised

past the eyebrow.  Frankesteinian.



How divert, how diverse, how pervert,

how panic the tiger the temper mental elephant 

the last good guffaw sent out the window.

I apologize, pluck out my eyes.

Overdid, bit the tit, froze sun.

O wearied one, mistreated, this is a search party.



My sad mistress, mother may I many one,

treason of all sorts, lifelines of bodies.



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In case you aren’t for the dogs you might turn 

over a new leaf without two shins 

to your name for example Krapp’s Last Tape by Mr. Samuel 

Beckett interrupt memory memory interrupt a tape that will 

not stop winding garbage can ON FIRE thirsty wings ON FIRE 

it’s my party and I’ll sing during commercials Mr. Fib 

what a lovely memory machine

act now with ALL THE BETTER and receive ALL THE SAME

for free that’s a 99.99 dollar value.



Here’s to the new

year 

the new 

leaf 

the new 

toadstool.



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In the waiting room mymymy what big tits cushion

for the pushin

and in the other corner

a little man with calculating machine. 



The first symptom cannot be named. 

It is neither fetal nor fatal.

Second symptom and so on.



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Brushed hair lopped off fat morning face a little 

less chiseled than the night

before it wouldn’t do so they called for knives

serious engorgement with the body politic you are 

what you eat: jellybean

the course of course a three course meal

supper double sized happy meal with lollygagging clown.



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Our friends compliment you on your new alligator 

shoes and you're barefoot. 

OLD IS WHEN you’ve suffered from the dry heat 

winter plague of Alligator hide (dry flaky ... Mar 26 '03 

Pros: soft smooth skin inexpensive)

Alligator Technologies:

lubricate rough skin with hyperallageneric

the horror film beauty starred in such classics as It 

Conquered the World and The Alligator People

test probes have screw-on alligator clips

he pulled into a place called Alligator Jimmy's Fried

"See You Later, Alligator" "Razzle Dazzle" "Rudy's Rock"

ALLIGATOR BELT LACING TOOL, ... $49.98 -$125.00, 

- BuyItNow, 6d 15h 52m.