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    TWO POEMS

    Sep 01, 2023 1 minute

    What’s Left to Say

    In the interview I say, In the bedroom I say, I say, I say, In the classroom I say, In the kitchen, to the dirty sink, I say: In the nursery I say, On the sidewalk I say,In the garden I say, I have said, In the bedroom I say, In my life I have said,

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