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Issue Seven The Poetry Of Josef K. Aukee

The Poetry Of Josef K. Aukee

MEN

I love men, they're full of it
When they talk I want to run

Good days come in groups of three
The other four, I rather not score

One is quiet, just sits and stares
Another is botched and filled with fear

One is stocked with a flash that stays
The last is mocked by insecure fame

I love men when they come
They grip and groan, then they're done


Post No Signs (21 Rules to Live By)

Do not swallow
Tamper resistant
Store in a cool dry place
Caution: flammable
Toxic substances enclosed
Refrigerate after opening
Do not enter
Sealed for your protection
For external use only
Do not puncture
Keep out of reach
Enter at your own risk
Avoid contact with the eyes
Dizzy spells may occur
Check expiration date
Urgent: open immediately
Not responsible for personal injury
Induce vomiting
Call physician immediately
Apply as often as irritation occurs
Unnecessary noise prohibited


The best man learns of himself
To bring rest to others

-L. Zufosky (A-12)

The Cheat Police

Loosen referance points
Dashed-off, taken from water

To the hills and the caves
To march away from the muffled

Affording little sense to be mired in the old breeze, stolen marshes

Yet to name familiar crossroads, first cars,
smacks of a most remarkable gaze:

Aside of the tongue, same menthol taste, same fitted jeans.

A matter of issues,

"When is it too late?"

When is the soul's juggernaut finished-
Culled from the exterior from respondents

Flattened by tugs
Buried in boxes of unseen origins

"That'll teach 'em to fire their guns in San Francisco!"

Some will only comply
Language will rarely suffice

There are few welders left
And they have all gone to the hills

"I think I am caught in an old regional expression . . .

"Poetry is the opposite of recovered memory"

Which humans possess the furtive sense
to wave orchids against such glum renewals?

Mood is not an issue, but a symptom of spirit.

Can we morally assess our discordance with constructive
aggression to combat self-distractions?

Where is Drama?
Demonstrable foibles?

All is Vanity!
All is Foie Gras!
All is Grabbable!

A sort of cheat police,
words.

Issue Five