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3 I Drove Through the Haze Today4 Heavily Fingered5 Snow Fall6 What Is My Little One Doing?7 The Clock’s Hands 8 Nervous Anticipation9 Clumps of Snow10 The Wire Haired Beast11 Joyful Day12 I Cannot Breathe13 The Shakes14 Listening To Them Laugh

15 This Winter Just Has To End16 So Confused She Left Me17 Making Games18 Every Time I Die For You19 I’m in the River 20 Pushing Through21 Taking Chances22 Dressed Down23 Green Lids on Smoky Eyes24 Blue Bird25 Thump Thump Thump26 Frightful Night27 About the Author

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I Drove Through the Haze Today

I drove through the haze todayIt was a gray foggy eveningDark mists floated pastFilled the voids along the pathCrept through the treesShowered the leaves with a murky dewSticky sweet and almost nauseousEnough for me to roll my window upKeep my eyes on the road

Look straight on aheadUncertain of what will comeTumbling out through the haze and the fog

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Heavily Fingered

heavily fingeredtyping slowwhere I am headedI do not know

just trying to stay awakekeep up the consciousnessbefore it is too lateand I slumber offto that narcoleptic statewhen the monsters wait

to destroy meso I shake it offraise my headlook forwardkeep at ittype some morewords instead

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Snow Fall

watching the snow fallfrom my window here at worksheltered in my office warmglad I am not out theremiserable and coldthe snow seems beautiful from up herea slow tranquil dustingof the street scene down belowa soft lighted picturepainted especially for me

on this gray mood day of minewhen I am earnestly in need

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What Is My Little One Doing?

wondering at whatmy little one is doingis she in school with her friends?at her desk intently learning?or is she at homesnug in bedwith a cold in her head?I do not knowbeing so far awaythat I could spend my day

wondering whicheither wayI miss her

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The Clock’s Hands

the clock's hands move slowtoday why?at other times they raceis it just to torment meor make me keep up with the pacesometimes runningsometimes panting while I waitfor that anxious tick tockthat spells outwhy I hesitate

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Nervous Anticipation

nervous anticipationof what will inevitablylead to a singularexpositionby meon all that wasand happened back thennever have I liked to tell storieswhen no one will listen

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Clumps of Snow

clumps of snowin the grassmelting fastas the sun beats themsad twisted shapesleaning, collapsingfalling overmuch like mein my never ending questfor sobriety

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The Wire Haired Beast

the wire haired beastis in turmoilwithin meit wants outit wants to feedit needs to beto be freeto rampage and run amokto revel in the carnaland work to fuck

outside of meand all that I heedor care forand love

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Joyful Day

joyful dayeverything seems to be going my waywhich is why i stop to ponderand wonder whyeverything seems to be in the blackand I am not running a redwhat is the catchwhen will it hitthe evil bad thingthat must surely come next

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I Cannot Breathe

wheezecoughchokechortleI cannot breatheto save the life of meso much smokehas upended meI am caught in its hazeits billows have entrapped me

and I am leftclawing and scrapingfor a clear pipeto suck in some airclear my thoughtescape this lair

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The Shakes

I cannot stop the shakestoday they just roll inunceasinglynever let me restwave after waveof nervous twittersagitated grabs

jabs at nothingtiring in just trying to stopto find a placid fragile peace

a moment of quietsome calm

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Listening To Them Laugh

listening to them laughin the other roomthey make me smiletheir mirth

just juvenile gigglesfrom a groupof stodgy old menit makes me thinktheir jokeis of an off putting

inappropriate humor

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This Winter Just Has To End

this winter just has to endthe cold in my bonesis starting to feellike a permanent additionand I am none too happyabout thatI am tired of the snowthe cold breezethat blowsI dream of a hot sunny day

on the beachfar awaya place where it is85 degrees in the shade

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So Confused She Left Me

so confused she left mewas it a he or a shewhat was it that she wantedto befucked like a womantreated like a mandoes it matterif it was hotand we both came?

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Making Games

making gamesfor a livingdoesn't seem all that badthere could be worse thingsfor me to dolike shovel shitdig trenchesguard prisonersso I sit at my screenand tap away

pushing pixelsfor the man upstairs

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Every Time I Die For You

lost my wayagain todaydon't what to dowhen it comes to youdo I turn this wayor drive down the alleyto the church to be savedlittle angelyour my demon truethat cute smile

makes it all worth whileevery time I die for you

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I’m in the River

I’m in the river in the waterfeet down in the mudI dunk myself inand start to shiverturn aroundand yell and holler to youyou stand upand you get inyou swim on out

in the wateryou swim right past meI feel the feverbaby I am so hot for you

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Pushing Through

pushing throughto reach the brassover shoulders and careening neckselbows in facesgrimaces and sullen lookslittle old ladies with loudguffawsindignant glancesand insulted countenancestoo bad for I grabbed it

happy at my me, me, me state

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Taking Chances

taking chancesat throwing acesand only hitting foul ballsbut what do i careI’m outsideand I’m playingat least I’ve got my chanceon the moundso i stare her downthrow her a pitch

see if she switchestakes a hit

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Dressed Down

dressed downwon't hide itI can see your curvesthat tight rumpthat body of deathit takes my breathand sends it awaylost and spentstaring at youtrying to look

unkemptunsexyand verbose

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Green Lids on Smoky Eyes

green lidson smoky eyesflickering amicably at mesuch a smilestaying coy all the whilethat rocking legtempts meto come overand say hellopretty girl

why are you looking at me?

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Blue Bird

blue birdblue poopbig blue whalewasting my timewhy do I bothertrying to get onlinewhen everyone elseis doing the samewhen everyone it seemsis playing my game

and clogging up the channelsso I can't click through

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Thump Thump Thump

thump thump thumpbang bang bangdriving chordsinto my brainthe stereoin the other roomcries outanthemssongs that remainalways the same

rocked harddistortion benthell sentstraight to another day

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Frightful Night

frightful nightof cold blown visionsfrozen my mindunthinkingtoo coldand scaredof all that raced past meimages flying byleaving me sweatingexhausted and tired

wanting to transpire

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About the Author

Christopher L. Jones is an author, poet and artistliving in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Originally born inTucson, Arizona, he has been a survivor of mentalillness, specifically bi-polar disorder, for most of hislife. A graduate of New Mexico State University witha degree in Philosophy and Theater Arts, he hasspent over twenty five years contributing to thevarious performing arts groups in his community.His work has been described as "masturbating onthe world’ s stage in verse" and "...exactly what is

wrong with the average white American male..."Christopher started writing after being introduced topoetry as a form of art therapy as a teenager andhas not stopped since. Aside from working withwords, he is a single father of one.

Having majored in technical theater and artsmanagement, Christopher has been active backstage since his childhood, mostly working in theareas of lighting and scenic design, sound design,properties design, stage management andproducer.

To find out more about the author and his work,visit www.jonesing.com

His novel, WATERBOARDED , isnow available through Chipmunka Publishing:

http://chipmunkapublishing.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1708