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***BIO*** Steffan Oxenrider writes poetry, short stories, essays, and fiction.  Currently he has multiple projects in the works.  He is based out of Atlanta, Ga. (Powder Springs).  Past publications:  http://www.atlantasglobalfuture.com/publication.htm
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by Steffan Oxenrider
I thought you had grabbed the last
Raisin from the sky but then I
Realized that mine were more
Wrinkled so as a result I reached
Inside the erudite arena of non-
Chalance, probing, poking,
And then I could just make out
The scuttled remains of your
Psyche, it was yellow and hard
Like cirrhosis, scraped and
Scabbed, which is ironic for
It was such an addiction that
Got us in this situation.  Well,
Not anything a little creative
Scalpeling couldn’t handle,
Sharp, precise, cleave it clean.
I swear the broad strokes of such
A ubiquitous slice leads me to
Think of our situation and how
I could have done things better,
But for now let us look on the
Mossy colored remnants of sanity
And relish these times of bourgeois
Fame and revel in our attempts to
Tame hallucinogenic aardvarks and
Squeeze the venom from veins
Full of toxic apathy and suck the
Marrow from bones that rely on
Plum colored domiciles in the
Nether regions of our space, yes
Wiry wrought iron hearts couldn’t
Save us now…
Jan. 2006
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