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Poetry #12
(published Late in the Year, 2000)
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE CONGRAT
procedure for personal growth
by Eileen Conner

in preparation, please
inform loved ones of imminent
disappearance

to begin, read directions on back of box

             PLEASE PROCEED STEP 1 AWAITS:

first hold breath inside head
to think sentence

bubbles

             CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
             ELIMINATED USELESS WORDS

             PLEASE PROCEED STEP 2 AWAITS:

fasten mouth a watermain
root of a cherry tree some leech
(lunch launch) beast

in comparison your artificial flavor turns out
rockin' raspberry

             CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
             ESTABLISHED CONTRAST BETWEEN WORLDS

             PLEASE PROCEED STEP 3 AWAITS:

tongue in. you.

manage a stricture dive drop
Under

rootlings rickety ruching dirt

drunk under open
mouth close nose
eyes rack in head

             CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
             SUCKED YOURSELF UNDERGROUND

             PLEASE PROCEED STEP 4 AWAITS:

an anchor.

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