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"The Early Years"


Encounter (Listen to the poem in RealAudio G2)

silogirl.gifhis eyes pierced
smoky, wine-soaked

she dared look
through the percussion
vibrated air
and alien limbs
sprawled
or moving angles

glancing behind them
I see two cigarettes
left slowly burning



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