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Excerpt from My Forthcoming Chapbook

Posted on June 20, 2017 by robert okaji

…Red, like your favorite sky,
the in-between, the misplaced one.

From “I Have Answers,” in From Every Moment a Second, available for prepublication order via Finishing Line Press.

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Sunshine Jansen on June 20, 2017 at 4:05 pm said:

Can’t wait to have this book in my hands this fall so I can carry images like this around with me everywhere. Nice thing about chapbooks; they’re portable! 🙂

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- robert okaji on June 20, 2017 at 5:07 pm said:
  
  So true! They don’t weight much (except perhaps metaphorically). 😀
  
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The Don Pharaoh on June 20, 2017 at 5:59 pm said:

Nice read

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- robert okaji on June 20, 2017 at 6:03 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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  - The Don Pharaoh on July 1, 2017 at 10:10 am said:
    
    Fa sho
    
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10000hoursleft on June 21, 2017 at 12:38 am said:

Talk about click bait! 2 lines??? Is that all? I guess I’ll have to wait till spring.

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- robert okaji on June 21, 2017 at 8:01 am said:
  
  For you, I’ll provide three lines. Maybe. 😛
  
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- robert okaji on June 24, 2017 at 3:23 pm said:
  
  This morning’s post? Three lines. Just for you!
  
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  - 10000hoursleft on June 24, 2017 at 4:23 pm said:
    
    What a great start to my Sunday! Thanks Bob! 😊
    
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    - robert okaji on June 24, 2017 at 4:26 pm said:
      
      Who says I’m not generous! Ha!
      
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      - 10000hoursleft on June 24, 2017 at 6:08 pm said:
        
        Well yeah- a whole extra line! 🙌
        
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        robert okaji on June 24, 2017 at 9:27 pm said:
        
        But an increase of 33%!
        
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        10000hoursleft on June 25, 2017 at 12:11 am said:
        
        Can you throw in some steak knives with the chapbook? 😂
        
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        robert okaji on June 25, 2017 at 11:49 am said:
        
        But wait! For only $1.99 more, I’ll throw in ONE additional line AND a set of Daniel Paul Marshall (or whatever his name is) Signature Tofu Knives. And if you order NOW, you’ll receive a coupon redeemable for A Beer with the Poet (your treat, of course). 🙂
        
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        10000hoursleft on June 25, 2017 at 2:57 pm said:
        
        Here are my credit card details….oh, and I’ll have 2 of everything 😂😂😂
        
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        robert okaji on June 25, 2017 at 3:58 pm said:
        
        You are a trusting, generous soul!
        
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        10000hoursleft on June 25, 2017 at 5:46 pm said:
        
        Oh oh. I’ve heard that way too many times before. I’m seeing a pattern now. Off to call my bank…
        
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        robert okaji on June 25, 2017 at 10:05 pm said:
        
        😇
        
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Mary Tang on June 22, 2017 at 5:08 pm said:

I am hoping that some of them speak Chinese 🙂

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- robert okaji on June 22, 2017 at 8:58 pm said:
  
  It could happen!
  
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twiddleconway on June 24, 2017 at 4:20 am said:

…i like poetry!!!,-) #

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- twiddleconway on June 24, 2017 at 4:22 am said:
  
  …i love Fernando Pessoa, you know?
  
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  - robert okaji on June 24, 2017 at 7:47 am said:
    
    Pessoa, and all his personas.
    
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    - twiddleconway on June 24, 2017 at 1:05 pm said:
      
      yeah… exactly… #AND all his literary personifications…
      
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- robert okaji on June 24, 2017 at 7:47 am said:
  
  Me, too!
  
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