jopomojo

jopomojo

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  • Sunrise 8/16/23

    sestina



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    3 min
  • Dream of Peeing My Pants

    I'm driving a scenic byway

    somewhere in the North Cascades.
    Somewhere off the main freeway.
    I'm nearly out of gas
    and feeling a little worried
    about finding a gas station.
    There's a small town nearby
    and I hope it has one
    but for some reason I decide
    to pull over on the outskirts
    of town where there's a siding
    in a wooded area.
    I walk the half-mile or so
    to the town, keeping a lookout
    for a gas station. (The logic
    of why I'm doing this on foot
    fails me now as I write this
    but maybe it has something to do
    with not wanting to be seen
    as a city slicker too abruptly
    entering the town.)
    I do indeed locate a gas station
    and make the discovery—
    a pleasantly surprising one—
    that gas is only forty-eight
    cents per gallon. Suddenly
    I realize I need to pee.
    There's a restroom in a kind of
    trailer behind the gas station.
    It's tiny, like an airplane toilet
    but with an even lower ceiling.
    I step inside and as I stoop
    and fumble with my fly
    I lose control and pee in my pants.
    A little. I don't think it's a lot.
    But when I look down to inspect,
    it's quite visible: a wet spot
    the size of my fist on the front
    of my light kaki shorts.
    I finish peeing, without
    wetting myself further
    and then ponder going back
    to my car and whether
    I have something
    to change into.

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    2 min
  • Sunrise 8/13/23

    pantoum



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    1 min
  • This Letter to You

    song



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    4 min
  • Sunrise 8/11/23

    drove from calgary / all day yesterday / and fell into my old bed // woke up this morning and found / the same old sun ri- / sing in my backyard



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    1 min
  • Sunrise 8/10/23

    i wait for my flight / and watch the blood-red / crown of the sun form above // the island of montreal / saint joseph’s crutches / cluttering my mind



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    1 min
  • Sunrise 8/9/23

    the oratory / with all its crutches / is there on the horizon // a wall of clouds behind it / and the sun climbing / up that wall for me



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    1 min
  • Dream of a Bob Dylan Seminar

    dream as poem, poem as dream



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    2 min
  • Sunrise 8/6/23

    early run to the / dilapidated / charming beaconsfield yacht club // i arrive in time to see / this trail of gold-leaf / breadcrumbs guiding me



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    1 min
  • Sunrise 8/5/23

    i was awaiting / trial when the sun / rose above the reaching trees // and the clouds allowed the sky / to release my chains / and set the day free



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    1 min

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