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It's only words. What can words do?<br />

Spin crystal spheres around the earth,<br />

Make reasonable men drown women,<br />

Stack tires on people of a higher melanin content<br />

And set them alight.<br />

So, what have I achieved?<br />

Every single lady knows<br />

I'm available.<br />

Author bio: Chris Stewart has a poem forthcoming in the international annual Great<br />

Weather For MEDIA. He plays at the Cheltenham Literary Festival in 2017. He was<br />

long listed for the CYCLOP International Videopoetry Contest 2015. His poems and<br />

stories appear in a variety of magazines including The Wrong Quarterly, The Atticus<br />

Review, Freak Circus and Outdoor Photography. He's anthologised in Break-Out (Ek<br />

Zuban, 2013). Tweet him @SideBurnedPoet. See his award-winning filmpoems here:<br />

www.youtube.com/zorki28

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