senryu cluster

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 what does the boar's mouth say, my dreams opaque

politics—necessary evil one should take break from occasionally 

uneventful night grabbing another cold beer 

baking some ribs a few things to discuss with him 

to pass time baking cupcakes with a heavy heart 

up one minute down the next :: edge of a man's smile 

near Cottonwood Creek, this self-effacement seems unreal

sleeping toddler the mother sighs rearranges hair 

money spent on National Enquirer never liked flat soda

river river river river :: my bare feet in the mouth of mud

give me a Caligula or Ivan the Terrible :: invasive heat

half read letter :: audible gasp from some tree leaves 

walkin' down my blood sugar :: thinking of Calgon soap 

unloading hay :: horses see something dark. foreboding. 

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