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Ten Thirty-One

Ol’ One-Eye: Half a brain, but a full heart.

Ten Thirty

Thirty years ago, Billy and Elton sang sweet; now soured.

Ten Twenty-Nine

Seven pounds for $300,000.

A maybe, baby, or a bounty?

Ten Twenty-Seven

A killing with no body; a dying gesture without movement.

Ten Twenty-Eight

Hand on bible; head on heart.

A historic circle closes.

Ten Twenty-Six

Bag of bones.

Whimper and sigh.

Caylee or another cry?

Ten Twenty-Five

Santa picked his nose and hooked a lump of coal.

Ten Twenty-Four

Slick of tongue
Dark of heart
Terrible of mindless spirit

Ten Twenty-Three

Standing there
Foreign in look
Absent of mind and heart.

Ten Twenty-Two

A serpent’s tooth.

A child’s bawl.

Together — they dance ungrateful.