Three Poems
By Kevin Ridgeway
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yarn woven monkey
he weaved his way
for an artificial life
consisting of his
arms,
legs,
torso,
and head–
save for a plastic
face that smiled
a hangdog grin
that disturbed
the other
children
at show and tell
proudly crowned
in his red fez with
golden trimming,
his matching vest
revealing a chest
full of curled yarn–
the grin became
more ominous
over the years,
after several
exhalations of
marijuana
staring at
it in the dark
in college…
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