Poets/Bob Hicok

Bob Hicok

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You can’t trust lesbians. You invite them …

Bob Hicok

I sell one bristle brushes. People …

Bob Hicok

My wife went into the pantry for peaches …

Bob Hicok

The best job I had was moving a stone …

Bob Hicok

I called a man today. After he said …

Bob Hicok

He has five children, I’m papa …

Bob Hicok

He was hit back of the head for a haul of $15, …

Bob Hicok

We were young and it was an accomplishment …

Bob Hicok

Nobody I know is a god. A mother and son …

Bob Hicok

I'm in a plane that will not be flown into a building. …

Bob Hicok

I heard from people after the shootings. People …

Bob Hicok

At forty-eight, to be given water, …

Bob Hicok

It was a misunderstanding. …

Bob Hicok

I met my butt in a Pittsburgh …

Bob Hicok

Our fathers have formed a poetry workshop. …

Bob Hicok

You could drive out of this country …

Bob Hicok

A cooler …

Bob Hicok

The telephone company calls and asks what the fuss is. …

Bob Hicok

Eros scrabbles to rose and rage …

Bob Hicok

Historians will tell you my uncle …

Bob Hicok

She does this thing. Our seventeen- …

Bob Hicok

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