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A Token<br />

"Why don't you"<br />

she said<br />

"write poems any more<br />

"to me?"<br />

and indeed<br />

why not?<br />

neatly trimmed and limned and lined<br />

have been<br />

wheelbarrows as well as passions<br />

"good morning darling<br />

"<strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong>re coffee<br />

"I'm late for work<br />

"did <strong>the</strong> kids<br />

eat lunch?"<br />

Well,<br />

did <strong>the</strong>y?<br />

a communication<br />

across <strong>the</strong> room<br />

of a marriage<br />

What would it include?<br />

a shout down <strong>the</strong> years of our mutual<br />

enclosure.<br />

<strong>the</strong> symbols of <strong>the</strong> loaf of bread<br />

and<br />

<strong>the</strong><br />

sharp<br />

knife<br />

read many different ways.

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