13May 2023 Chris Butler

Just As the Founding Fathers Intended

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Just as the founding fathers intended, we should all own a weapon for home defense. One moonless evening, four ruffians break into my house. As I snatch my powdered wig,... Read More
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Exercise your rights, precisely. (We welcome Chris to our crazy congress of Contributing Poets with this submission. Read more of his madness on his new page – check it out.) – mh clay

23Feb 2021 Chris Butler

Please Let Me Sleep

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Twenty four hours in bed, though no rest in the imprints of pillowed heads, form festering sores and crumbling iron deficiencies, only two hours of dreams at a time when... Read More
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So little time to sleep while quickly counting sheep. – mh clay

21Jul 2020 Chris Butler

Stoned Age Space Ape

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This isn't rocket surgery, just ignite the lighters, then exhale the rush of the thrust. An orangutan drunk off of orange tang, is then spoon-fed doses of LSD-25 from Harvard... Read More
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A new space program awaits “below the earth’s dirt.” – mh clay

6Nov 2015 Chris Butler

Sheep

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The sheep feel a false sense of security under the sheepdog’s vigilant eyes after the black sheep, with their fearsome wool of darkness are outcaste to the outskirts, until a... Read More
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It’s safe to look down while there’s still higher ground. – mh clay