Volume LIII Number 6
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a.m.
i’m wearing
one white sock
and
one black sock.
it’s a management issue
big bucks
i hoped something
gigantic would happen
when it didn’t
i wasn’t upset
i couldn’t have
handled the fame
wind disco
black shirt and trousers
on the line
moving and grooving
Travolta style
first sighting
when my cat yawned
his ears touched
at the back

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