House of an Evil Jin

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Smoke snakes from house roofs
in lazy loops of loose thought
idle as the wisps of dreamers
who burn to know why god has wrought

I drive by with windows open
The smell of char comes drifting in
It’s more like March than January
So odd the way this year begins

Malingering smoke might mesmerize me
lazy thought could do me in
and easy hours will hypnotize me
till my skull’s the house of an evil jin

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Jim Culleny; January, 2007

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