27. [expired]

a poem was here

25. [expired]

poem went bye bye

24: [expired]

poem wuz here

23. [expired]

blankness is a virtue

22. [expired]

poem stayed up past its bedtime

21. [expired]

poem gone fishin

20. [expired]

goodnight, sweet poem!

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19. [expired]

poem expelled for truancy

18. [expired]

poem moved, left no forwarding address

17. [expired]

poem on parole

16. [First we lost it in a storm in 1633,]

First we lost it in a storm in 1633, 
along with our claim to imperial status,
a lake in the Ozarks,
a documentation license &
32 four-inch blade propellers.

If you believe the legends though,
we’re secretly in cahoots.

This time around, 
we’ve commissioned a freight line 
& drummed up the will to try everything.

We’re just going to return it all 
& see what sticks.

We’re giving up 
that interim airport code,
the company theme song,
all the purged staffs, 
any leftover conquistadors,
& the habit of erecting statues.
 
We’ve kept only this clipping
of our gaud-bedecked façade
(its five windows crowned
by coats of arms & flapping flags)
to remember our lush reign 
in its flourishing age, 
how festooned we were, & puttoed.

15. [expired]

poem violated confidentiality agreement

14: [expired]

poem absconded with a large sum

13: [expired]

poem somewhere over the rainbow

12: [expired]

poem the sound of one unicorn farting

11: Diagnosis

I’m okay,
she says

       convincingly

not
convincing me

10: [expired]

poem 86'd for lewd behavior

9. [expired]

poem finally fesses up to all life's mistakes

8: [expired]

poem illegally detained on suspicion of terrorism

7. [expired]

what is this poem of which you speak?

6. [expired]

poem on permanent vacation

5: [expired]

bon voyage poem! don't forget to write!

4: [expired]

the poem's legacy lives on

3: [expired]

the bell tolls for no poem

2: [expired]

where poems go when they die

1: [In preparation she washed her hands.]

poem signed your yearbook & meant every word. stay cool!