It was uncanny- and a little scary
but days like this, do,I suppose, dawn.
To begin with, the sky was blue- up there and blue:
large, cold misshapen
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'Kids', I patiently explained,
'were the inevitable result of conjugal relations,
much like obesity of over-eating,
which for, despite the best precautions,
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At the entrance I sneezed-
a nearby construction worker said 'God bless you'.
'What's', I thought, 'next',
when construction workers begin calling the blessings of the deity
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as he reached into a drawer and withdrew
a free tube of Aquaphor (a skin protector)
'take this, it's better than antibiotics'
'Sure', I said, amazed at my good luck-
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where, fighting butterflies, I shot to the Eleventh floor
and before there was time to introduce myself
the receptionist produced a sealed envelope
containing not one but FOUR sample lenses
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I wish we were there, tonight.
I know a bar there
down in the teeming harbor
that's open each night
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Futurity, how awfully sick you look!
You, who were fat and green as the rashes
have shrunken to a stick, pale as ashes
every sign of health forsook;
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