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***BIO*** James Babbs: I currently have poems in Alpha Beat Soup(February 2005), The Blind Man’s Rainbow (Winter 2005: Vol. X, Issue 2), Soul Fountain (Vol. #24, Winter 2005) and online in Thunder Sandwich (#25).  I, also, have poems forthcoming in The Blue Mouse, Hazmat Review, Poetry Motel, The Real Eight View, Spillway and Zillah.  In 2003 I self-published my first collection, Dictionary of Chaos which is available at www.xlibris.com.  Although, I attended Illinois State University twice I have, yet, to get a degree but it sure was fun.  I write poetry for the joy of it but, in order to pay the bills, am employed by the Postal Service as a rural mail carrier.  In my free time I enjoy reading and listening to Neil Young.
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Crazy Shit
by James Babbs
he was always coming up
with crazy shit like
the time he told me
how he was thinking about
going to live at
the Super Wal-Mart
I mean
he said
his eyes wide with excitement
it’s open 24 hours so
I could be there all the time
without having to pay rent
I could eat from
the free samples during the day
maybe buy a sandwich
from the deli every now and then
I’d get plenty of
exercise just walking
around the store and
at night I’d go to the bathroom and
sleep in one of the stalls
he was nearly breathless
when he finished and
I asked him
what about showering
he gave me a sideways look
nodded his head
okay
he said
I haven’t worked it all out
but you have to admit
I’m on to something
Sept. 2006
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