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Jake Sheff
The Seagull’s Fortieth Seguidilla
The dead offend me only
By their stench. No more
Can their opinions stencil
Shades which I abhor.
With prowess halfway
Swallowed by the jaws of joy,
Swallows swallow jays.
The Seagull’s Forty-Second Seguidilla
To cure my kleptomania
I keep a diet
Of cigarette butts. Earthworms
Keep the earth quiet.
Woe to him that eats
A dangling modifier
Cooked in gull debates.
The Seagull’s Fifty-Fourth Seguidilla
Some say, among our mortal
Acts, forgiveness is
The most divine, while others
Say love’s awesomesauce,
But I maintain it’s
The mouthfeel and finish of
Gull justice that fits.
The Seagull’s Fifty-Sixth Seguidilla
Sweetness is the creature in
Her eyes, about their
Sockets rolling. Sweetness loves
Drinking salt water.
Riding a griffin,
Knowledge can turn a seagull
Into a puffin.
Jake Sheff is a pediatrician and veteran of the US Air Force. He's married with a daughter and crazy bulldog. Poems and short stories of Jake’s have been published widely. A full-length collection of formal poetry, “A Kiss to Betray the Universe,” is available from White Violet Press. He also has two chapbooks: “Looting Versailles” (Alabaster Leaves Publishing) and “The Rites of Tires” (SurVision).
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