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TITLE		ADDED ON		VIEWS		FANS

i watch a monkey on the plasma		Dec 16th (2006)		1084		131

wrong number		Mar 4th (2010)		923		27

we are two engines		Dec 12th (2006)		797		108

alive		Aug 1st (2005)		730		118

a place to piss and love a woman		Nov 3rd (2007)		709		150

there's a squirrel rotting under my bush		Dec 18th (2006)		702		97

you must be lying		Jan 14th (2007)		663		101

death and sex		Aug 18th (2005)		660		121

history of urine		Aug 1st (2005)		653		115

fire		Aug 26th (2005)		648		110

kgb		Aug 1st (2005)		643		122

she tattoos bukowski on her wrists		Sep 10th (2005)		642		106

the penguin		Aug 1st (2005)		637		103

honey		Dec 26th (2006)		637		96

one thousand times		Aug 1st (2005)		626		114

i will not murder you		Aug 1st (2005)		625		111

in short		Aug 1st (2005)		624		109

jenna		Oct 27th (2005)		624		110

people die daily		Dec 30th (2006)		620		115

the substitute		Aug 1st (2005)		616		113

african		Aug 25th (2005)		615		105

the stoning		Aug 3rd (2005)		607		115

the story that removed your clothes		Feb 4th (2007)		603		98

tomorrow		Aug 3rd (2005)		596		109

my balls are made of egg shells		Feb 3rd (2006)		593		119

drinking heavy at a museum on a lonely april night		Apr 26th (2006)		593		108

don't help the less fortunate		Aug 31st (2005)		592		109

do not worry about me		Jan 31st (2006)		591		114

i met a bastard on the road to life		Dec 27th (2006)		591		101

i am a monster		Aug 1st (2005)		588		103

i had a wife		Aug 6th (2005)		587		103

she is a flower with a gun		Aug 20th (2005)		583		104

i suffer an incredible attraction		Sep 29th (2005)		583		109

don't call me when i'm drinking		Sep 15th (2005)		582		95

when i am dead		Aug 23rd (2005)		581		95

and i listen to the chickens		Nov 26th (2005)		581		126

bleed bleed bleed		Aug 6th (2005)		578		96

who are you to call me baby		Oct 10th (2005)		578		115

loving a conservative		Sep 15th (2005)		576		115

before i had to create a look		Aug 3rd (2005)		575		105

it is no secret that i am broken		Sep 20th (2005)		575		101

let's stop pretending		Oct 15th (2005)		570		98

rags		Sep 3rd (2005)		568		111

i keep my woman chained to the radiator		Nov 21st (2007)		568		137

around a fire		Jan 28th (2007)		566		103

we cover each other		Aug 28th (2005)		565		90

i misunderstood death		Feb 27th (2006)		563		128

the warm rain decided for us		Aug 5th (2005)		562		93

saints are skinned dogs		Oct 11th (2005)		559		101

west of shuffled pages		Oct 27th (2005)		559		112

i met a bottle		Aug 23rd (2005)		557		102

things ain't never change		May 8th (2006)		557		106

night owl blues		Oct 2nd (2005)		556		108

wait for me here, hobo		Dec 23rd (2006)		556		106

liquored up fedya		Sep 11th (2005)		555		117

long walks in the trenches		Aug 22nd (2005)		552		104

the longer side of attraction		Mar 18th (2006)		552		107

some day things will get worse		Aug 29th (2005)		551		94

suffering is a patient dog		Aug 4th (2005)		548		98

stuck		May 7th (2006)		545		109

bullets taste like bullets		Jan 30th (2006)		544		107

do not protest on a full stomach		Jan 28th (2006)		543		107

a little rest		Feb 1st (2006)		542		109

what are the chances		Aug 27th (2005)		539		105

i told the woman		Jan 29th (2006)		532		101

a black kid hit me in the head today		Dec 5th (2006)		527		105

i don't mind hate, i just avoid it		Oct 10th (2005)		526		90

my first leg went to the deadline		Jan 28th (2006)		526		100

hyenas		Dec 10th (2006)		523		95

the stages of insanity		Feb 27th (2008)		514		123

i got six dogs		Jun 15th (2006)		510		114

can you and i sit down without fighting		Nov 21st (2006)		510		113

we walk together		Jun 12th (2006)		508		111

if i was broke, ugly, and a cripple		Nov 28th (2006)		505		120

before i fell off the stairs		Sep 3rd (2006)		502		104

a cockroach dives into my beer		Dec 23rd (2006)		496		112

politicians		Aug 25th (2006)		488		115

i'm angry		Feb 8th (2007)		481		104

question		Sep 1st (2006)		471		97

this man is me		Aug 26th (2006)		468		107

the thing that's never done		Aug 31st (2006)		461		119

this is my home		Nov 28th (2006)		458		96

if you have never tasted urinal cake		Sep 1st (2006)		457		97

a wet paper towel in a used woman's stall		Nov 1st (2007)		444		120

before the whisky kills me		Dec 17th (2007)		441		126

in the sterile hum of post-incident brain		Mar 21st (2007)		434		100

russia, my motherland		Feb 20th (2008)		425		101

worry		Mar 8th (2008)		425		115

one more joke and i've had it		Aug 14th (2007)		419		122

tonight dark chocolate and blood		Aug 18th (2007)		417		107

lollypop		Mar 1st (2008)		416		112

the candy isle at seven eleven		Mar 6th (2008)		415		98

soft palms		Oct 27th (2007)		412		116

i'm challenging you to be my friend		Oct 31st (2007)		412		110

a stoli shot makes a man strong and hungry		Nov 15th (2007)		412		115

death is a once in a lifetime pain		Aug 20th (2007)		409		113

the ice cube is crying		Feb 6th (2008)		409		124

we have to have each other		Aug 4th (2007)		406		90

two abandoned goldfish		Feb 16th (2008)		405		106

give me a chainsaw and a cheating woman		Feb 17th (2008)		404		119

a brainless woman or a toothache		Dec 25th (2007)		402		109

a low chuckle from the sky		Nov 4th (2007)		401		105

never seen something so big have you		Jan 31st (2008)		400		99

you'll be the same tomorrow		Feb 21st (2008)		400		115

cut up and salted		Feb 23rd (2008)		398		110

toothpaste		Feb 4th (2008)		397		113

accomplishments		Oct 14th (2007)		395		108

statistics about children		Nov 16th (2007)		395		105

the cyclic nature of this scene		Feb 10th (2008)		394		104

mailman		Nov 26th (2007)		393		110

gummy o's		Nov 2nd (2007)		391		96

distrust		Nov 10th (2007)		391		101

god made the woman as a trick		Nov 21st (2007)		391		97

proudly, wildly		Dec 28th (2007)		391		108

oily hands wipe greedy asses		Jul 18th (2008)		391		99

off-duty taxis		Nov 16th (2007)		389		101

when all you have in your head is sweat		Nov 30th (2007)		389		110

god damn i love life		Jan 17th (2008)		388		111

bank teller		Feb 24th (2008)		387		113

god damn woman		Feb 29th (2008)		387		99

checkers		Nov 6th (2007)		386		98

women that love me		Jan 27th (2008)		386		108

misshaved russians		Feb 18th (2008)		386		116

what's more frequent, email or sex?		Nov 29th (2007)		385		111

spilled a glass of milk		Nov 24th (2007)		384		104

thick legs and a flat nose		Feb 15th (2008)		383		96

the bill		Feb 28th (2008)		383		94

take your shirt off		Nov 16th (2007)		382		101

a personal suggestion		Jan 17th (2008)		382		104

hold me like i'm the last beer at this party		Jan 3rd (2008)		381		103

squats		Nov 3rd (2007)		380		102

mice in rage		Nov 7th (2007)		380		102

a woman gone astray		Mar 9th (2008)		380		108

the shallow flirt		Nov 22nd (2007)		379		100

one toy will make a child happy		Feb 8th (2008)		379		112

the air is better in the east		Apr 10th (2008)		379		111

jaws on a man excite you		Nov 28th (2007)		378		109

firewood		Dec 5th (2007)		378		107

people that don't drink scare me		Feb 2nd (2008)		375		105

i stood before a line of them		Dec 9th (2007)		374		101

a tight flask		Dec 14th (2007)		374		104

shoo-in for hell		Mar 10th (2008)		374		102

if i give you a bone		Jan 29th (2008)		373		93

yellow ceiling above me		Nov 17th (2007)		372		84

my sweet cinnamon bun		Mar 11th (2008)		372		107

obama		Jan 4th (2008)		371		96

i like it when it's made of chocolate		Feb 11th (2008)		370		104

one or two unhappy faces		Apr 7th (2008)		370		97

who the hell do you think you are		Dec 1st (2007)		368		95

old piano keys		Feb 8th (2008)		368		110

the devil came to visit me		Feb 22nd (2008)		368		92

philosophy		Mar 21st (2008)		367		110

thesis		Feb 25th (2008)		366		107

my nietzche's dead		Jan 2nd (2008)		365		108

two could unbuild the wall of lust		Feb 7th (2008)		365		110

i'll fight any intellectual at this party		Jan 13th (2008)		364		109

he owed me money		Feb 25th (2008)		364		104

i've seen worse		Mar 3rd (2008)		364		117

apology		Mar 11th (2008)		363		106

dear editor		Mar 12th (2008)		363		102

garden		Nov 25th (2007)		361		109

alchemy		Feb 29th (2008)		360		101

silver girl		Mar 19th (2008)		360		99

the long affair		Apr 8th (2008)		360		99

the u.s. constitution		Apr 9th (2008)		360		105

with the titans of history watching		Jan 19th (2008)		359		92

i used to have a dog		Dec 17th (2007)		358		90

i don't eat calories		Dec 27th (2007)		357		102

eat spaghetti with your enemies		Feb 20th (2008)		357		98

morning tea		Mar 2nd (2008)		357		106

forgiveness		Mar 26th (2008)		356		99

pleasant conversation		Feb 25th (2008)		355		110

training at the boxing gym		Mar 15th (2008)		355		108

exponentiate		Mar 20th (2008)		355		99

one of them		Mar 28th (2008)		354		100

energy drink		Mar 31st (2008)		354		109

my innocence is a zit on gogol's nose		Jan 31st (2008)		353		95

put my head in the stove		Feb 13th (2008)		352		90

soldiers		Mar 3rd (2008)		352		109

self-destruction		Mar 18th (2008)		352		103

cellophane wrap		Mar 23rd (2008)		352		100

new orleans		Mar 16th (2008)		351		98

who are you reader		Mar 13th (2008)		350		102

favored things		Jan 28th (2008)		349		101

the etiquette of interaction		Feb 19th (2008)		349		100

our friendship		Feb 27th (2008)		349		98

hope		Apr 6th (2008)		349		101

you're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me		Jun 4th (2009)		349		65

your dog just urinated on my shoe		Mar 1st (2008)		347		104

i feed her grocery store fish and rodents		Mar 3rd (2008)		347		99

the bursar		Mar 5th (2008)		347		97

where did the cockroach go		Mar 29th (2008)		347		95

i'll fight for		Mar 7th (2008)		345		102

a name and number		Mar 25th (2008)		345		97

rich people		Apr 5th (2008)		345		96

i am declaring a war on weakness		Apr 1st (2008)		343		108

holding on		Apr 11th (2008)		341		92

a struggle great men choose		May 1st (2008)		341		94

take your midnight deadline		May 11th (2008)		341		95

momma, i'm a musician		Mar 12th (2008)		340		91

frat hyenas		Mar 14th (2008)		340		104

i never did become a doctor		Jan 22nd (2008)		339		96

the old joke		Apr 26th (2008)		338		100

bent umbrella		Mar 23rd (2008)		337		87

the men's room		Mar 17th (2008)		336		98

refill the cup		Mar 30th (2008)		336		88

madness is a tea bag		Apr 13th (2008)		335		99

celebrating the end		Apr 24th (2008)		334		94

when there's a nail in my shoe		Feb 26th (2008)		332		97

an email from someone long gone		Mar 24th (2008)		332		100

so much inflation		Feb 21st (2008)		331		93

an american conviction		Mar 27th (2008)		331		97

cleaning the bathroom naked in a winter coat		Dec 26th (2008)		331		73

fork and knife		Apr 29th (2008)		329		95

without a hint of longing		Apr 30th (2008)		329		96

the letters i wish i'd written		May 2nd (2008)		329		104

critique of objectivism		Mar 4th (2008)		326		103

fedex delivery man		Apr 12th (2008)		326		93

civil freedoms		Jun 2nd (2008)		326		98

a black hole		Apr 14th (2008)		325		97

beady irish eyes		Apr 20th (2008)		325		95

the river's passing		Apr 25th (2008)		325		101

reason to be hopeful		May 12th (2008)		325		95

truth without facts		May 24th (2008)		325		94

yes i'm smoking		Apr 4th (2008)		324		95

bin laden		Apr 2nd (2008)		323		94

death must be part-french		May 4th (2008)		322		89

a stubborn dysfunction		May 13th (2008)		321		93

the commonest sense		Apr 18th (2008)		320		90

the right time to tease the baboon		May 16th (2008)		320		81

knee-deep		May 8th (2008)		319		98

flying with torches		Apr 28th (2008)		317		91

a vision of grace		Apr 21st (2008)		315		82

tastes like salted seabass		May 19th (2008)		313		101

occasional visitors		May 14th (2008)		311		95

let the silence decide who's wrong		Jun 19th (2008)		311		89

your girlfriend must be dutch		Apr 16th (2008)		310		90

santa claus is a racist		Apr 17th (2008)		310		88

too buoyant for claims		May 18th (2008)		310		93

greasy republicans		May 29th (2008)		310		86

in front of your quickly-redenning face		Jul 6th (2008)		310		84

you're better than me in so many ways		May 15th (2008)		309		82

contradiction is a privilege		Jun 1st (2008)		309		101

renounce all previous ties		May 17th (2008)		308		92

crusaders with oil rigs		Apr 3rd (2008)		307		91

minutes converge to an emphatic "screw it"		Jun 7th (2008)		307		87

poetry reading		Mar 25th (2008)		306		83

the crowd is breaking into song		Mar 22nd (2008)		305		90

peaceful, hopeful, inspiring song		Apr 15th (2008)		305		88

routine helps quiet the revolution		Apr 23rd (2008)		303		97

rape is for the victims		May 26th (2008)		303		86

keep one eye open with a razor		May 20th (2008)		302		83

tim russert		Jun 13th (2008)		302		91

running to endure		May 3rd (2008)		301		90

hotel's a monster with a bow		Jun 12th (2008)		301		93

there's nothing as sweet		May 7th (2008)		300		79

god knows we failed		May 23rd (2008)		300		89

programming is for the gods		May 9th (2008)		299		90

the propaganda machine		May 28th (2008)		299		84

you are the ashtray to my cigarette		Apr 22nd (2008)		298		80

counting bugs on an office ceiling		Apr 19th (2008)		295		93

brilliant theories		May 6th (2008)		295		79

match box memories of unjustifiably released witches		Jun 4th (2008)		295		91

a caricature of a nightmare		Jan 11th (2009)		295		105

your husband's car		May 5th (2008)		294		76

an impossibly tragic vision		Jun 9th (2008)		294		83

posing a threat		May 10th (2008)		293		92

grizzly bears are the reason		Jun 24th (2008)		293		92

the comment		Apr 27th (2008)		291		85

perestroika, dear brothers		May 27th (2008)		291		96

a piss-stream of stale mornings		Oct 5th (2008)		291		74

as the water fills the boat		May 31st (2008)		290		86

hitting keyboards with my head		Jun 6th (2008)		290		78

in a towel with a comb		Jun 11th (2008)		290		85

maybe she'll get a dollar		May 25th (2008)		289		80

the wolf returns to feed		Jul 5th (2008)		289		84

change shyly the ordering of even your alphabet		Jun 1st (2008)		288		92

an uneventful meal for some thing to chew		Jun 18th (2008)		288		96

with the patience of the giants		Jun 3rd (2008)		286		72

policies of shoot and pray		Jun 22nd (2008)		285		89

from all the errors of my doing		May 21st (2008)		284		70

until i find a damn good reason to quit		Jun 14th (2008)		283		87

top-shelf liquor awaits inevitable theft		Jun 15th (2008)		281		83

sex in casually drying cement		Jun 16th (2008)		281		85

some suicides are never recorded		May 14th (2009)		281		66

an adjacent sheep		May 30th (2008)		279		88

i've been deemed inappropriate for kids		Jun 7th (2008)		279		88

fission lost its thrill		Jun 21st (2008)		279		85

the touch of a cyclops		Jun 8th (2008)		278		80

bend down to sip the puddle water		Jul 9th (2008)		278		81

a dramatic orchestration with the world's smallest violin		Oct 14th (2008)		277		79

naperville, chicago, illinois		May 22nd (2008)		275		70

to be welcomed by trojans		Jun 5th (2008)		275		85

treat me like goldilocks and i'll bring out the bear		Jun 10th (2008)		275		82

the point of purchasing an axe at walmart		Oct 6th (2008)		274		76

a pawn's life is a self-managed trick		Jun 17th (2008)		273		80

the dead horse won't pull the carriage		Jun 20th (2008)		273		86

do untie me when you've lost the will to stare		Jul 17th (2008)		271		86

define the way your wine glass shatters		Sep 11th (2008)		270		69

jews were dying left and right		Jul 12th (2008)		269		85

like lit-up matchsticks		Jul 31st (2008)		268		78

no boom		Jun 23rd (2008)		265		79

hope is the bugs under my eyelids		Jun 27th (2008)		264		77

clumped like the hair under the sink		Jun 26th (2008)		263		80

bidding with whiskey breath on old city wares		Oct 10th (2008)		263		65

learning to smile		Oct 11th (2008)		263		67

when only the left index finger is left typing		Jul 7th (2008)		262		81

the untouchables of my formative years		Sep 14th (2008)		262		60

to surprise a passing chap		Jul 1st (2008)		261		77

no lips around a gun		Dec 26th (2008)		261		83

the time has come to beat our children		Jun 28th (2008)		260		75

one kingdom		Sep 5th (2008)		260		78

one eye open, one eye closed		Nov 22nd (2008)		260		59

the side dish that is our new-found home		Jul 10th (2008)		259		74

struggling to be a better man		Nov 23rd (2008)		259		59

the innocent dreams of giants		Apr 17th (2009)		258		55

stitches like no bloody eyes haves seen		Jun 25th (2008)		257		77

with a dirty mind you never win		Jun 30th (2008)		257		71

the wolf can't stoop to thank the rabbit		Jul 8th (2008)		257		72

another destined moment from a coffee-stained book of dreams		Jan 18th (2009)		256		61

a small shirt is not made for fatness		Jul 13th (2008)		255		70

the whole pathetic morning celebration		Jul 24th (2008)		255		78

wicked old chair		Sep 20th (2008)		255		71

sometimes it may erupt with purpose		Jul 15th (2008)		254		73

the flies are feeding		Jul 20th (2008)		254		71

taller, thinner, dumber, dumb		Aug 22nd (2008)		254		61

leave the back door open		Sep 9th (2008)		254		68

encouraging smiles on wet bathroom tiles		Jul 21st (2008)		252		82

assumptions are none		Sep 18th (2008)		252		66

the line between mine and yours		Jun 29th (2008)		251		72

numbing the senses with a comfortable chair		Jul 30th (2008)		251		70

naked girl		Dec 21st (2008)		251		53

the bare beginning of positive human contact		Dec 9th (2008)		250		62

bipolar nymphomaniacs		Jan 9th (2009)		250		54

a gutter ball can enslave a man		Dec 13th (2008)		249		62

a foreign gym		Sep 7th (2008)		248		71

the triumph of blood sport		Oct 15th (2008)		248		63

the meat grinder of twenty five percent tips		Feb 19th (2009)		248		59

resting under the weight of surrendering eyes		Aug 2nd (2008)		247		74

dentist appointment		Feb 23rd (2009)		247		68

the stories of survival rise with the smoke		Mar 4th (2009)		247		73

living in a bubble bath		Sep 30th (2008)		246		68

kittens meowing		Nov 10th (2008)		246		62

enough canadian whiskey to kill a canadian moose		Mar 6th (2009)		246		95

balancing barely on bleeding cracked feet		Jul 16th (2008)		245		72

i've been away, poem		Feb 15th (2009)		245		59

mediocre poets too have writers block		Mar 19th (2009)		245		64

escape is in the knowledge of how to divide life in half		Oct 1st (2008)		244		63

love is working double shifts on sub-par pay		Oct 3rd (2008)		244		60

if god ever will forgive us		Nov 6th (2008)		244		60

coffee and sex		Dec 25th (2008)		244		81

a struggling tourist attraction		Feb 16th (2009)		244		57

the time-sink of polite conversation		Feb 18th (2009)		244		63

elevator romance		Mar 10th (2009)		244		58

my grave-digging shovel		Jul 23rd (2008)		242		75

out of reach of common man		Sep 15th (2008)		242		58

wish i had me a good wife		Oct 31st (2008)		242		61

thank the devil		Nov 1st (2008)		242		59

the used peanut butter spoon		Nov 15th (2008)		242		66

smart people can disagree		Dec 31st (2008)		242		57

the wisdom of war		Aug 12th (2008)		241		78

the philosopher king		Sep 4th (2008)		241		69

until there's no voice left to scream		Sep 16th (2008)		241		67

the second to last cheese string strand		Sep 29th (2008)		241		62

folding fingers		Nov 20th (2008)		241		64

us sick folk		Nov 27th (2008)		241		54

sveta		Feb 18th (2009)		241		67

a fish market shopping spree		Jan 16th (2009)		240		65

until you find yourself electrocuting testicles in cuban dungeons		Feb 6th (2009)		240		69

don't bet your life against your nature		Jul 28th (2008)		239		62

the vastness of unrealized glory		Sep 23rd (2008)		239		63

no-good grandson		Feb 15th (2009)		239		62

all the blood is just crushed grapes		Aug 9th (2008)		238		61

poking a cyclops in the eye		Oct 8th (2008)		238		60

inclinations of inner beasts		Mar 2nd (2009)		237		60

a panel of experts		Sep 27th (2008)		236		64

weightlifting belt		Nov 17th (2008)		236		58

the number of days without you		Dec 6th (2008)		236		52

the sandpaper of genetic limitations		Jan 14th (2009)		236		62

because a half-naked chubby chick might be impressed		Jun 21st (2009)		236		46

death is beyond metaphor		Jul 25th (2008)		235		66

the dumpster		Jul 29th (2008)		235		66

in a grappling match with a diner waitress's tone		Oct 17th (2008)		235		57

the little things matter		Aug 31st (2008)		234		65

this is where the room gets quiet		Sep 8th (2008)		234		73

a bloody foot, shin, and knee		Oct 30th (2008)		234		56

a puddle that brings out poseidon's rage		Aug 26th (2008)		233		66

a display of pride and hurt		Aug 27th (2008)		233		61

bent shoulders on a bug-infested couch		Nov 19th (2008)		233		74

in a place where german ladies sing along		Mar 11th (2009)		233		64

disinterested parties		Jan 24th (2009)		232		63

for the duration of the minute		Aug 21st (2008)		231		61

my character has seen concern		Aug 29th (2008)		231		63

the butcher knife between your thighs		Oct 28th (2008)		231		68

the solemn hymn		Feb 1st (2009)		231		60

you have something on your chin		Feb 2nd (2009)		231		55

a simple longing for ephemeral gratification		Feb 26th (2009)		231		66

a cart full of veggies		Nov 5th (2008)		230		58

bruises or marriage		Jan 1st (2009)		230		74

a future in a high school english paper		Jan 3rd (2009)		230		61

one of those people		Jan 7th (2009)		230		68

a venomous puncture		Jan 10th (2009)		230		57

my thoughts betray my face		Aug 18th (2008)		229		57

pondered the lights of the oncoming train		Nov 3rd (2008)		229		53

politely nodding to the passing of youth		Dec 12th (2008)		229		59

a reader in canada		Feb 24th (2009)		229		59

before nature updates its log		Sep 10th (2008)		228		69

when a man is to be fed		Sep 22nd (2008)		228		69

a throbbing reminder every time i spill ink		Nov 17th (2008)		228		65

a sexist poem		Apr 22nd (2009)		228		54

the witches of sumeria		Aug 10th (2008)		227		62

a priest at a zoo giving the monkeys a second look		Aug 29th (2008)		227		60

unreasonable drought		Sep 11th (2008)		227		69

the sleep of a baby in the back of a rental car		Nov 12th (2008)		227		60

the sum of all the late night screaming		Dec 7th (2008)		227		54

a bipartisan senate is a centaur		Feb 11th (2009)		227		68

immune to changes in the weather		Sep 1st (2008)		226		68

fingers barely suffice		Aug 8th (2008)		225		70

to be back in the womb		Aug 18th (2008)		225		69

a dead husband's favorite sweater		Aug 22nd (2008)		225		75

an embrace with a plugged-in toaster in a boiling bubble bath		Oct 29th (2008)		225		61

the glory of a paper plate		Nov 13th (2008)		225		57

until an mit professor starts reciting wittgenstein		Nov 18th (2008)		225		56

bruises, cuts, and aching joints		Dec 2nd (2008)		225		55

welcome back, shoulder pain		Jan 26th (2009)		225		60

neither of us is made of candy		Jan 28th (2009)		225		63

waiting to be dead		Jun 6th (2009)		225		68

a bathroom mirror in a crowd of flirts		Jan 28th (2009)		224		47

steak on a grill is so anti-evolutionary		Aug 20th (2008)		223		63

what kind of meeting is this		Sep 15th (2008)		223		71

a drifter hiding from rain in a 50's telephone booth		Jan 29th (2009)		223		56

end with a verb and a pronoun		Feb 9th (2009)		223		59

water balloons at a knife fight		Mar 8th (2009)		223		67

thanks, sucker		Nov 28th (2008)		222		66

because i have no need for women		Dec 15th (2008)		222		48

prepare to get soaked		Aug 17th (2008)		221		62

water the grass		Aug 24th (2008)		221		62

the defeated warrior		Dec 12th (2008)		221		61

will the stab victims stop twitching		Sep 8th (2008)		220		64

the beginning of another irreversible step		Nov 21st (2008)		220		55

dog from hell		Nov 26th (2008)		220		57

second place		Dec 8th (2008)		220		61

functional relations		Dec 29th (2008)		220		57

stories about other men		Jan 2nd (2009)		220		59

harry reid		Jan 7th (2009)		220		54

pennies hide from dollar bills		Mar 21st (2009)		220		63

from the coffee to the chair		Aug 22nd (2008)		219		61

a girl i've never seen		Aug 28th (2008)		219		61

i'm almost there each time i stop		Aug 29th (2008)		219		64

worn-out like a dog's drool rag		Sep 21st (2008)		219		65

open to vultures for gnawing		Jan 3rd (2009)		219		52

top economic advisors		Jan 22nd (2009)		219		59

cheese tray		Sep 6th (2008)		218		62

searching for a pocket in pocketless jeans		Sep 22nd (2009)		218		50

immortal through recursive rebirth		Aug 4th (2008)		217		66

even rudeness begs for a chance		Sep 6th (2008)		217		64

don't turn your back on a man's modesty		Nov 24th (2008)		217		47

krav maga		Dec 1st (2008)		217		59

the patience of weeds, bushes, and fungi		Dec 4th (2008)		217		68

the logic of causeless loneliness		Dec 16th (2008)		217		58

uneaten rodent dinner		Mar 26th (2009)		217		60

when language outpowers reason		Sep 3rd (2008)		216		64

the moral doctrine of rabbits, roaches, and toads		Sep 25th (2008)		216		62

the hope of somehow breaking free		Dec 8th (2008)		216		56

keep one foot ahead		Dec 21st (2008)		216		54

don't read into what i'm writing		Nov 25th (2008)		215		58

drink water and expect juice		Dec 18th (2008)		215		47

open a door with a lame question		Aug 16th (2008)		214		62

a dog barks at the object it fears		Sep 1st (2008)		214		62

goodness as an axiom		Sep 12th (2008)		214		63

because it's christmas and i'm alone		Dec 22nd (2008)		214		49

this poem is not about you		Dec 21st (2008)		213		52

willing to restart		Dec 31st (2008)		213		58

a small fish amongst large bait		Jan 19th (2009)		213		59

where revolution comes to die at an hourly rate		Aug 20th (2008)		212		63

folks give me more respect than i deserve		Nov 30th (2008)		212		54

when everything is quiet on his side of the wall		Dec 3rd (2008)		211		60

rhyme-free stew with the viscosity of cracked cement		Feb 4th (2009)		211		55

a quarter of a century		Aug 14th (2008)		210		52

life's too short for cacti		Sep 11th (2008)		210		63

the limits of flight		Nov 5th (2008)		210		52

an abandoned zoo		Nov 23rd (2008)		210		51

the possibility of something new		Nov 29th (2008)		210		49

eying teens from the porch of my golden years		Nov 30th (2008)		210		54

i share secrets with my advisor		Dec 25th (2008)		210		48

the turning of nights		Dec 11th (2008)		209		53

a shirt full of sweat		Dec 23rd (2008)		209		52

overconceptualization		Dec 27th (2008)		209		57

no puppy follows		Dec 28th (2008)		208		49

all the things you'll never get to know		Feb 28th (2009)		208		56

sweet like a freshly cracked pinata in the first spring heat		Apr 8th (2009)		208		51

trying		Dec 5th (2008)		207		58

head-splitting roars of active machinery		Jan 13th (2009)		207		53

the first zipper failure		Apr 28th (2009)		207		58

your last and worst choice		May 21st (2009)		207		54

holding on in plastic chairs against all reasonable odds		Nov 8th (2008)		206		63

masochistic shadows cast by the soul		Nov 25th (2008)		206		61

a deflationary outlook is not good for therapy		Jan 4th (2009)		206		48

the subject of an overpriced oil painting		Mar 27th (2009)		206		56

old men in plastic chairs		Apr 4th (2009)		206		53

a torture memo		Apr 21st (2009)		205		58

just got done being young and stupid		May 14th (2009)		205		60

if you want to ever see your umbrella again		Jun 15th (2009)		205		58

toss my eyeballs, tongue, and ears in a blender		Nov 9th (2008)		204		60

to never hate without anger		Dec 6th (2008)		204		57

a noteworthy exception		Apr 2nd (2009)		204		59

each minute is a fresh beginning		Apr 6th (2009)		204		48

train station benches are made for smooth-talking lawyers		Aug 12th (2009)		204		42

brilliant prose turned to vacuous vomit		Dec 10th (2008)		203		58

happy birthday		Apr 18th (2009)		203		49

next door neighbors		Jun 9th (2009)		203		49

a strawberry dipped in nutella		Jun 24th (2009)		203		55

recovery from tendinitis		Apr 11th (2009)		202		52

looking through the yellow blinds		Dec 17th (2009)		202		63

some corners are too dark for hiding		Nov 26th (2008)		201		56

anger is a flickering light		Dec 17th (2008)		201		50

a plentiful selection of alternatives		Mar 31st (2009)		201		51

i can only be bold		Apr 12th (2009)		201		55

found garbage in the garbage can		Apr 24th (2009)		201		50

realist engineers and cynical pricks		Jan 24th (2009)		200		45

i love women that can talk		May 8th (2009)		197		48

a sign of spiritual decline		Jun 3rd (2009)		197		51

the marrow in this bone		Dec 25th (2008)		196		47

helpless		May 20th (2009)		196		49

let the demons rejoice		Apr 23rd (2009)		195		45

a wise old cactus in times of drought		Apr 28th (2009)		195		51

i can drain a bottle on heater-less nights		Dec 3rd (2008)		194		47

on a whim		Jul 1st (2009)		193		41

as wallets collapse		Sep 15th (2009)		193		40

taste bud ambitions		Oct 25th (2008)		192		53

damn overpriced war		Dec 20th (2008)		192		49

got into a rental with a couple navy vets		Jun 2nd (2009)		191		46

sexual history		Jul 24th (2009)		191		47

half-eaten apple		Sep 30th (2009)		191		53

my perfect exit		Dec 19th (2008)		190