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The Working M<strong>an</strong>'s Zen<br />
I saw<br />
the bastard child of the new age<br />
in the all night diner<br />
on Bleeker<br />
He laughed<br />
when I asked him<br />
for the me<strong>an</strong>ing of life<br />
SO<br />
I looked beyond<br />
the miniature<br />
song box<br />
to the vapor full<br />
window<br />
<strong>an</strong>d etched out<br />
a question mark<br />
only to find<br />
a dead fly<br />
crushed, where the point<br />
was to be<br />
I wiped<br />
water<br />
from my finger<br />
along<br />
the table's<br />
underside<br />
only to find<br />
a globular piece<br />
of gum<br />
SO<br />
I took <strong>an</strong>other bite of my b<strong>an</strong><strong>an</strong>a cream pie<br />
<strong>an</strong>d sipped my Coke Cola through a bendy straw,<br />
while<br />
ignoring the crud on my fork<br />
<strong>an</strong>d <strong>an</strong>ything else<br />
of great me<strong>an</strong>ingful value<br />
-Louis Peres
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