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Natural Bridge
English Dept.
UM-St. Louis
One University Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63121

(314) 516-7327

© 2008 Natural Bridge

Beckian Fritz Goldberg

LOST WORLD SHUFFLE


all at once I remembered the scent of the violin under the bed

a leather laced bustier

an actor who played Santa lost his career to Bell's Palsy

nothing comes alone

I was a schoolgirl violinist with a crush on every teacher

he can't play Santa with a paralyzed face

wait for the leather bustier

tonight The Lost World is on TV

the one channel not reporting the war

in the Lost World women run with dinosaurs

you can only play a man with a paralyzed face

the scent lacquer and rosin dust sawmill dry mud

my mother said things come in threes

is there joy without a face

she bends in a leather laced bustier and speaks

I was a schoolgirl running with those who knew they were people

The Lost World: "The Queen is dead, long live the savage!"

I find TV fits into my life this way

Leather: This is your first task as my new slave

I notice that first means nothing comes alone

I was a schoolgirl with a crush on the dictionary

no entries yet for Japanimé, shwag, blackholemisery

skin glistens through the leather laces

the man cannot even leer

TV is faithful like a dog

the commercials come in clusters

there is a dictionary illustration with entries violin and Jack Russell

for stubborn stains…next time on Blind Date…aggressively defend your DUI

a schoolgirl of no visible means

on TV the breasts are straining the laces

but Leather won't say it, say, Spank me, Santa

the violin was all about sequence, frequency, secrecy

Matlock: Bail is set at $10,000 dollars. Next case

it was allure of episode it was all capsule

I love you I hate you I'm sorry

all at once means all at once

the face, the great dictionary, will tell you that

there will not be any order

wanting that bustier to spill

the violin a scent without a country

the flickering box a sound corsage