Poets/Randall Mann

Randall Mann

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The vulgar ones will grind, and gnaw the bone, …

Randall Mann

One last meal, family-style — …

Randall Mann

Something has to give. …

Randall Mann

I was someone's …

Randall Mann

We choose a cheap hotel …

Randall Mann

The palms …

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the relationship between …

Randall Mann

Like eelgrass through a glass- …

Randall Mann

He kept his middle name, the pick of   the lot, …

Randall Mann

A giant bird- …

Randall Mann

I was seventeen …

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The eyes …

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has crawled out of the ocean …

Randall Mann

My mother is scared of the world. …

Randall Mann

For once, he was just my father. …

Randall Mann

If there is a word in the lexicon of love, …

Randall Mann

This is what he dreams of: …

Randall Mann

In a precisely lighted room, the CFO speaks …

Randall Mann

To celebrate his final Pride, in June, …

Randall Mann

I found my muster station, sir. …

Randall Mann

He slid the stiff blade up to my ear: …

Randall Mann

There was a time …

Randall Mann

There's a certain sadness to this body of water …

Randall Mann

An empire of moss, …

Randall Mann

This may sound queer, …

Randall Mann

In the foyer, guests compose. …

Randall Mann

First I want to thank you all for coming, …

Randall Mann

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