Christopher Janke

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PARROT PSALM

no i don’t want to see

your parrot’s pudenda

don’t get me wrong,

i like you

i like your bird

POSTCARD PSALM

milk gone bad

in my mouth

everybody

spit it

dies

into yours

drive to

a different town

people

driving cars

the movie

about a city

bombed.

so many people

tying

their shoes