Yesterday a little girl got slapped to death by her daddy,
out of work, alcoholic, and estranged two towns down river.
America, it's hard to get your attention politely.
America, the beautiful night is about to blow up
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Up the dog bounds to the window, baying
like a basset his doleful, tearing sounds
from the belly, as if mourning a dead king,
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1. THE TRUTH ABOUT SMALL TOWNS
It never stops raining. The water tower's tarnished
as cutlery left damp in the widower's hutch.
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