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The one with the trench-coated executive
waiting on a bench for his commuter train,
smiling over his laptop computer,
the line of copy beneath his image reading:

Now You Are Free!

You hear the old music now and you think it
    reminds you
of how wondrous it all was back then,
but no, it was not that way at all,
it was a lousy and lonely time
and the music was the thing,
the only thing that got you through it,
your only source of grace.





Boxthorn

Blush of late afternoon light - tea by the open window.

Later, a little Saumur with the evening news?
Secret life of cut-rate sovereignty.
She actually said to those assembled, “Dashes
    are my textual trademark.”
Fine, but keep the fly
from the lip of the milk carton.
Tough to say where it’s all going
but chances are it will be tougher to celebrate
    when we get there.

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