Sidewalk Chameleon

He shed concrete
like
old

skin,

touching my ankle
as I

stepped

over him.

poem by Jim Crawford
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Steel Beach

Five minutes ago,
the dessicated remains of a tiny spider rolled past me like a
(inser.t simile)
reminding me that
(inser.t metaphorical content)
a paradox, in that (cryptic allusion)
(allegorical fragment)
and I even stole the title
from a John Varley novel I’m re-reading.
(ironic pause)
I’m getting lazy.

poem by Jim Crawford
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