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Country Headache
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Country Headache Sunrise smears on its lipstick, bleary. Crickets bang out a hangover on their toy piano. The cicadas’ rude construction crew begins too early. (“But, lady, the boss man told us to . . .”) One mockingbird surfs stations constantly, searching for his favorite song, over and over. (“How can he dare . . . ?” the wild grape rages, in her kimono and unkempt hair.) Sick of the din, day gulps the moon like a single, scrounged-for aspirin. So much it cannot cure . . . Spent lilies—chickens with their heads cut off—stagger in the wind, still throbbing . . . till butterflies bandage the air. 32 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...