Bob Heman


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Before foreplay there was only kissing.



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The way it begins gives no clue as to how it will end. The bears had been repaired but they still could not be used.



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Polka dots or cats. Stripes or bicycles. Dogs filled with trees. A car that had been buried too many times.



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There were ducks instead of windows. There were mirrors instead of chickens.



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Thinks that the food can be retrained.



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Click on the double dachshund. Remove the thread from the stone. Teach the cars to whisper. Lift the river onto the remotest barn.



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Plays a game with numbers that are too heavy to move.



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The bears cannot be seen from the air. The sea cannot be seen from the tree. The car is farther away each time. The mountain changes the man who hides behind it.



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The cars expected inside the houses, inside the mountain, inside the woman. The light had to be removed each time. Only the trees were symmetrical. The journey ended where the man's skin began.



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Familiar things are arranged by size or color or purpose. Unfamiliar things are kept in the order in which they arrived.



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The door begins at the edge of the room. The window begins outside of the yard. Where there is a fence there are also men. If there are enough trees the sky will not approach.



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They are given books with large type and words that must be repeated. They are given numbers that cannot yet be explained.

Bob Heman's poems and prose poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Egypt, England, Hungary, Italy, Japan, and the U.S. His books Demographics, or, The Hats They are Allowed to Wear and How it All Began are available as free downloads from Quale Press.
 
 
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