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The question rose
like the crescent moon
in the west.

Light in the head,
as if she’d traveled to the moon
where
she’d weigh even less than here.

Had a big glass of cheap red wine
with dinner, a big steak, smoked
sixth cigarette
last of the day.

She says to the man
who wants her,
“Okay, I give.”

Hears his soft
deep voice like
the string bass,
the bru…

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Reader, author, professor, radio show host, columnist. Best advice I ever got? ‘Only connect …’ E.M. Forster. https://marytabor.substack.com
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