Nine short poems

By Jack Brummet

No Exit, 3

Once you grab a tiger by the tail,

You can never let it go.

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Mission Statement

The Army has two duties—

To break things, and kill people;

Everything else is just fluff and overhead.
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Torches & Pitchforks

The whole
Is far less than the sum
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Reds

There is no tomorrow

Until we get through
The day after yesterday.

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Weather Report

Life is a raindrop
Sizzling as it skitters
Across the universal griddle.
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Monism

I'm you,
You're me.
All this
Is That.
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It's Getting Crowded

We cover the earth
With Venn Diagrams

As our steps
Bisect old steps.
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The Marriage

Two tattered mannequins
Prop each other up
In the Salvation Army Store window
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Resurrection

He was ready to live again
Even if living just meant running
To keep ahead of the ghosts.

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