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In my medicine cabinet The winter fly has died of old age Well here I am, 2pm What day is it? The tree looks like a dog Barking at heaven Prayer beads on the holy book My knees are cold In the morning frost The cats step slowly No telegram today Only more leaves fell The castle of the gandharvas Is full of aging young couples Early morning yellow flowers Thinking about the drunkards of Mexico The national scene Late afternoon sun in those trees Nightfall Boy smashing dandelions with a stick Holding up my purring cat To the moon I sighed August moon Oh, I got a boil on my thigh Drunk as a hoot owl Writing letters by thunderstorm All day long Wearing a hat that wasn't on my head Beautiful young girls Running up the library steps with shorts on Crossing the football field Coming home from work, the lonely businessman Useless, useless Heavy rain driving into the sea After the shower Among the drenched roses The bird thrashing in the bath The little worm Lowers itself from the roof By a self-shat thread Snap your finger Stop the world Rain falls harder Nightfall Too dark to read the page, too coldIn my medicine cabinet The winter fly has died of old age Following each other My cats stop when it thunders Spring evening The two eighteen year old sisters The postman is late The toilet window is shining Wash hung out by moonlight Friday night in May Empty baseball field A robin hops along the bench Blackbird, no, bluebird! Branch still jumping My rumpled couch The lady's voice next door The bottoms of my shoes Are clean from walking in the rain Bee, why are you staring at me? I'm not a flower The barn Swimming in a sea of windblown leaves Glow worm sleeping on this flower Your light's on Spring night A leaf falling from my chimney