Bryan Corbett Poems

you know Ali and Foreman and Dempsey and Tyson
Louis and Frazier, Sugar Ray and Johnson
but do you recall?
the most famous boxer of all?
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I saw your mom naked
still confused as to why
was it me
who went looking?
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I thought it odd
that she thought it odd
that I was sitting in the bar
drinkin'
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is Shakespeare?
any less dead
for having
written
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Ladies Night'
circa 1930
any given Slovenian Hall
east Cleveland
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should I pay my bills?
or write a poem?

should I pay my bills?
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I am McGregor
some of you may
have heard of me before
when I built boats, they never called me:
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growing up in oHIo
mommy and daddy
bought us lots and lots of pets:
we had a bird named Birdy
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I ran away from home
to find where I belonged
I ran far
I ran wide
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The Champ
training
under water
holding his breath
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