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Alexander Schmidt's avatar

I have met the same characters at the unemployment office, but also a leprechaun with a monocle.

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Adithya Patil's avatar

Thank you so much for these poems, Karan! Always makes my day to read Bob.

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Karan Kapoor's avatar

Thank you for your readership, Adithya!

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Dagne Forrest's avatar

Oh this!

"the shitty houseguest who won’t leave, who ate

an entire black hole for dinner and complained

when there was no emptiness left for dessert."

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Emma Goldman-Sherman's avatar

Oh yes, jazz tuba, me too.

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M F Drummy's avatar

Just the best. Highlight of my day!

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SDM Fulton's avatar

Years of poetry workshops and classes taught me some useful things and a few useless things. Thank you Karan and Shannon for feeding us a constant stream of poems that show me what kind of poet I am (and am not). “Appetite” sings to me. And that song teaches me.

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ONLY POEMS DAILY's avatar

Thank you for such a wonderful response, my friend!

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R(agu)'s avatar

We really should after this poem =P beautiful!

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Karin Sometimes's avatar

Just brilliant

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