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Everybody wanted to sleep with
On one side
Each line had to
And embrace
For example a cup
Equals
A pearl necklace means
Where can I go when
Why did you think I didn’t
Toys
If you left on the last
Three straight times
He didn’t love
He loved
Her
Me
art by Nelina Trubach-Moshnikova
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
That is an aspirational bum, not a real one. And, so am I!
Posted by: Fred Rome | January 25, 2021 at 05:02 PM
All is aspiration, said the actress to the bishop.
Posted by: Crazy Jane | January 26, 2021 at 07:30 PM