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These Confounded Desires
I felt at ease with my desires undeclared--
I didn't want their objects all the same.
But they kept lining up like autos
in used car lots,
lies on their meters
and paint layered over
their hungry scabs of rust.
With so little difference between them,
it took years to see them all.
John Middlebrook lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he manages a consulting firm
focused on non-profit organizations. He has been writing poetry since he
was a graduate student at the University of Chicago, where he also served
on the poetry staff of Chicago Review. His work has appeared in
Concise Delight and Yes, Poetry, and is forthcoming in Foundling
Review, Writers' Bloc, and Creek Road Gang.
Email: John Middlebrook
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