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pavlovs  dog 1

bill bissett
From:   scars on th seehors. Burnaby, B.C.: Talonbooks, 1999.

wud yu rathr onlee b
ths happee  thn fullee
trusting  agen  n gettin
whackd  whappd  wun
mor time as yu cirkul th
reel prize  yr own focus
on yrself   innr serenitee
yr love  happee being
without goal attainment
alredee is  not self having

bells ar ringing  great smells
b careful  sumthing mite
not work  having can b valu
 n thers no food  nun  not
dont  care abt things yu have
 no powr ovr agen  n get reelee

miserabul   sew thers a ringing
sum wundrful perfumeree from
th larkspur hydrangea  roses n
plums  pears  n a kleer lake neer
by  valu can protekt  its virtual
realitee  sumwun may honor
theyr agreement with yu  if they
dont  sum thing els may  still
cum up gud

happeeness is sew tempting  yu
dont want 2 fall apart if yu dont
get it   meditating tails  or  heds
oftn its not binaree  its in th 7th
or third opsyun th magik resides
wait 4 it  hungree  awkward re
wired  agilitee   taking yr time
fr sure  but redee  2 leep


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