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when they turn their heads MAG

January 1, 2012
By spagooter PLATINUM, Indianapolis, Indiana
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we've been battered by the tide
of the second hand
for much too long

so we allow ourselves
to wash up
between the 2 and the 3

and then dive
into the dials and pendulums

for a cigarette break,
to sigh relief from the fascism

and bust a laugh or two
about time's

horse-faced wife

© Mitrah A., Austin, TX

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