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Chicagoetry: Carnivale

By J.J. Tindall

CARNIVALE
I hate my hurt
I hate my lies
I crave light wait
I crave lightness
I crave release
from the heft
of dreams, from the cruel
realities of
desire

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Posted on June 29, 2009

Chicagoetry: A Murder Of Tulips

By J.J. Tindall

A MURDER OF TULIPS
I lug my spavined heart
to work
along the Magnificent Mile.
A murder of tulips
belies my grief.
They are nothing!

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Posted on May 11, 2009

Chicagoetry: Rain

By J.J. Tindall

RAIN
I can show you
that when it rains and shines
it’s just a state of
mind. But life is
mind and
mind

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Posted on April 28, 2009

Chicagoetry: Dream Diary

By J.J. Tindall

DREAM DIARY
I was an extra
in the new Batman movie
along with Amy Sedaris,
and we were filming a scene
in the rain near Wayne Manor
(a Mock Tudor mansion in West
Humboldt Park, south of Fullerton)
featuring Benicio del Toro.

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Posted on April 13, 2009

Chicagoetry: Black Spring

By J.J. Tindall

BLACK SPRING
I forgot I love you.
There was a star
Above your manger
And I followed it to the Empty Bottle.
Mammals re-emerged from the air-raid shelters
Toward the buzz drone ragas

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Posted on March 19, 2009

Chicagoetry: Intimations

By J.J. Tindall

INTIMATIONS
Rescue cannot be summoned,
Captivity must be endured.
The bastard wind our gaoler
Retains jurisdiction, random
Beatings loom, black ice
Lurks.

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Posted on February 24, 2009

Chicagoetry: Pigeon

By J.J. Tindall

PIGEON

I scanned a bronze and teal pigeon at loiter on the black snow.
I blanched at reports from a pistol in the alley.
I remain enhanced, wait, enchanted
By the night skyline
Pixelated

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Posted on February 2, 2009

Chicagoetry: J.J. Tindall Is

By J.J. Tindall

J.J. TINDALL IS
J.J. Tindall is keeping people from hanging out in front of the drug store.
J.J. Tindall is approaching the summit of Mt. Everest and will check back in a few hours.
J.J. Tindall is rather fancying it.
J.J. Tindall is not contesting the charges outlined in the Impeachment but will also not resign.
J.J. Tindall is relieved of his duties.
J.J Tindall is declaring moral bankruptcy.
J.J. Tindall is insisting on a Pre-Nup.
J.J. Tindall is about to hit the wall!
J.J. Tindall is absorbed into the budget.
J.J. Tindall is emasculating.
J.J. Tindall is curtains.
J.J. Tindall is not a celebrity endorsement.
J.J. Tindall is faithfully executing the office.

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Posted on January 26, 2009

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