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Poems by Russell Edson

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The Family Monkey

... or gas monkey. The steam monkey is no longer being made, said the monkey ...

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The Fall

... To which they said then go into the yard and do ...

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The Gentlemen In The Meadow

... graveyard? They drift a little when the wind blows ...

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Hands

... chap. Hears footsteps, looks to find his own feet gone ...

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Ape

... That after we had love on the kitchen floor I would put him in the oven, after ...

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The Fight

... The man said, oh the hell with it, as he swept the cup to ...

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The Melting

... She diddles them and they produce sixteen little erections ...

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A Historical Breakfast

... . . Ah, there it is, a cup of coffee approaching his face at ...

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The Breast

... herself. It was the same as when she talked about her sister: herself ...

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Angels

... When they cry out it is like the screech of a tiny hinge ...

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The Pattern

... found it and saw that it was a little too ripe, they said, ...

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Grass

... walls . . . There's treasure in grass, things dropped or put ...

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Paying The Captain

... And so we must spend the rest of our days throwing the captain ...

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Sleep

... sleeping . . . He needed a sleeping master, who with a whip and a ...

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Counting Sheep

... have died. He puts them under a microscope, and falls asleep ...