Missing yellow corncob kernels Inside the biggest set of chompersOpen your mouth wideReplace them with white kernelsThey were grown especially for your big fat mouthThe stories have been passed aroundYou were a wild man in your youthThe screaming legend continuesYou might have less workable kernelsThey are enough to bite downChew anything enteringSpit up what is

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These were the words she said at my arrival.”You got to be kidding.”I have known the truth even back then.I was born unlike the other babies.When my diapers were full and sagging, and I was left to my own determination. My mother’s womb carried me.I deemed me ready to take my first breath.She had no

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Excited was not the word to use. I was not exhilarated. I had never won the big prize. Soon my hand would shake the hand of the would be king and queen. I had to learn quickly. How to curtsy. How to bow. How to shut my mouth. I had to learn to like chicken

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I’ve been here before,tasted it, kept it, smelled it.I’ve put on these slacks before,one leg at a time, with steady hands and sturdy feet.It’s a recurring situation. I forget my keys, and vital information I can’t counton ten fingers or ten toes.There are many masks, and I don’tknow their names or rememberthe faces to their

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This is before the actual storm lands,twisting and ripping, turning all the people in the pathupside down and inside out.We are waiting for the calm to happen after the menacingclouds move past us,and the rotten smells disappear. These are the stolen moments of my past,getting rid of them,no longer causing me pain,I am standing here

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