CHRIS GORDON invisible circus
November 21, 2010 § 1 Comment
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Underneath the pillow
Making your neck ache
The Invisible Circus
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The Invisible Circus
Goes from town to town
Never really moves
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We hear the parade
That tells us it’s coming
The Invisible Circus
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Close your eyes it’s
Auditions today at
The Invisible Circus
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Your blind grandmother
Almost sold you to
The Invisible Circus
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The girls are all
Clean and well-oiled at
The Invisible Circus
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Everyone speaks
Italian in whispers at
The Invisible Circus
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Your father got lost
One day in the crowd at
The Invisible Circus
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The cards are all
Blank at the tables at
The Invisible Circus
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Cut your thumbs on
The Bearded Lady at
The Invisible Circus
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The Invisible Circus
Hidden in the design
Of Buffalo Nickels
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Your limp goes
Away on the grounds of
The Invisible Circus
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Their tents are made
Of the skin of burnt milk
The Invisible Circus
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Nine out of ten housewives
Have never heard of
The Invisible Circus
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The Invisible Circus
Forbids the clowns
To remove their make-up
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Your watch stopped when
You bought your ticket to
The Invisible Circus
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The knife at your throat
A hand down your pants
The Invisible Circus
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Take another ride
You never see it twice
The Invisible Circus
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She wears a mask
With feathers she found at
The Invisible Circus
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My hair fell out
Yours turned gray after
The Invisible Circus
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MASKS No. One
CROW HAIKU
November 8, 2010 § 2 Comments
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after the crow too many flies to count
a second glance at your wife the crow
when I crack the bones in my foot the crow
the crow
at night where is the crow
the squirrels never seem to mind the crow
used to rhyme with sow the crow
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the crow calculates the seconds
three plus five that’s the crow
at the gem show he’s invisible the crow
the crow
the crow’s friends they just look like him
after you sleep the crow
call me later I’ve seen the crow
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more than all you know the crow
the crow only his European suits
never on time but never late the crow
a last few tricks ask the crow
the crow
the crow has nothing to do with doors
not really black he’s purple the crow
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the crow will see you after the show
dances in the rain because he can the crow
the crow wants to meet your little sister
lucky on the right but not on the left the crow
between the tweezers the crow
when you can’t make love the crow
on the wire more than you know the crow
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did you say bless you to the crow
cheats at love but not at cards the crow
the crow
the crow says something says it again
on the bus everyone’s the crow
if you have a puzzle call the crow
even in empty spaces the crow
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partial to reruns the crow
never been a verb the crow
hold the onions it’s the crow
the crow plays his last two cards
your mother’s umbrella used to be the crow
the crow red thread in tow
the crow
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the crow sharpens his beak on the road
your plans are funny to the crow
somewhere between your commas the crow
the crow drops an acorn for the squirrels
behind the snow the crow
reap sow he don’t care the crow
doesn’t know his own name the crow
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the crow takes a bite on the way to the table
at the payphone the crow without his coins
the crow
the crow forgets to mention the moon
implied by the crow numberless is the way to go
the crow gets you to pull down your pants
he picks at you when you sleep the crow
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not quite a raven just a crow
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