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Trio
Image in the mirror
is a younger version
alone with a pretty smile
Days are decorated
with social graces
wealth of custom
cushions the corners
These latter days trailing
a sputtering rocket
ready to spend its energy
in the drop to Earth
a dog and a child
raise their heads
in a perennial question Beloved with a nervous bark
etched in every line of his stance
Don’t you know
we all sing for our supper?
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We Shall Fight On The Beaches
The bitch memory drives
me down dark streets
on the prowl
haunted by shadows
of young men in topcoats
Sounds of their footsteps
strike the wet pavements
in a rush to poignant appointments
Girls wait near the telephone
rigidly controlled
wait to explain
to the young men who never come |
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