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POEMS by Jake Sheff

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The Seagull’s 244th Seguidilla

 

The sun’s a one-trick pony.

It says, “No hablo

Español,” when nights ask why

They’re perishable.

That ludic goody

Two-shoes can’t do wrong. It sniffs

My pudic body.


The Seagull’s 246th Seguidilla

 

I’ve more faith than Abraham

And Job combined. Baal

From every kitchen window

Can look, but no gull

Will offer its heart

As a colony. Pulli

Make the moonlight snort.


The Seagull’s 247th Seguidilla

 

With a diachronic price

On my head, marlins

Have sought to capture me by

Recruiting gorlins

To their side. Vellus

Hair on a runcible spoon

Is not what yellows.


A Duplex Only Turns 76 Twice

 

My swallow-tailed initiative says, “It’s been

A year. Let’s call it a day.” For repugnant

 

Dreams to work, a pregnant eye’s a sober ear’s

Plus-one at a castrametation display

 

Put on by possums for Fidel Castro.

Happiness takes the initiative. Plainness

 

Again complains about world-class hypnosis.

Next thing you know, a beautiful faith explodes!

 

If there’s a man who’s not feeling pretty full

After that, I’d like to shake his choices, for

 

We base our reasons on them more often than

Vice versa. What’s a chameleon doing at

 

The North Pole? “Define ‘doing’!” ‘Doing’ is  

My initiative swallowing its tail. 


Jake Sheff
Jake Sheff



 
 
 

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