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Poems by Rich Furman

 

Spot

The spots on your face
multiply in June.
 
It is the sun you say and
melanin spreading from exposure.
 
The great lie of science counsels the sacred.
Each one of the millions
 
earned by each loving act.
Rescuing a dying homeless dog,
 
driving home the disabled man
who pisses on the car seat,
 
soothing crying children,
calming muse to grouchy poet.

 

Faces

faces have eyes in Western Nebraska
own shallow shunts
 
callous reminders of weakness
bleed pilgrims     bleed peroxide,
 
wish for braces in industrial parks.
Faces cascade    grey    mocking,
 
faces distract from rotting teeth,
from time    from all time.

 

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