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GHAZALS: 7 by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SAYS HE, 'AH EDWARD I TOO HAVE A DARK PAST OF MANUAL LABOR.'
Last Line: AND BE YOUR INDEX FINGER, LAPDOG, DONKEY, OBVIOUS UNICORN.

Says he, "Ah Edward I too have a dark past of manual labor."
But now Trivium Charontis seem to want me for Mars.

If her thighs weigh 21 pounds apiece what do her lips weigh?
Do that trick where you touch your toes. Do that right now.

The bold U.S.A. cowpoke in Bozeman, Montana, hates hippies,
cuts off their hair, makes $200 a month, room and board.

We want the sow bear that killed Clark's sheep to go away.
She has two cubs but must die for her terrible appetite.

Girl-of-my-dreams if you'll be mine I'll give up poetry
and be your index finger, lapdog, donkey, obvious unicorn.



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