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J. D. Nelson
J. D. Nelson (b. 1971) experiments
with words in his subterranean
laboratory. He is the author of
several collections of poetry,
including Cinderella City (The Red
Ceilings Press, 2012). Nelson lives in
Colorado, USA.
feeding the squirkels some peanuts
now is a lark henry to stand in for watt never knew
clouds over there you know it was earth I think
or maybe fluorescent goose world
helping the wolf is a duck with swords for feathers
what are we supposed to do without machines?
WHAT ABOUT THE FOOD AND LIGHTS?
would you like a pamphlet of poetry?
how’ll I howl at the moonish orb?
I forget how to start the machine
it all makes sense up here in the balloon