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Monday, February 17, 2014

60 inches



60 Inches 

He had a story of his father’s well bred dog.
“papers from here to the V. A. Hospital”,
he said.

He thought she had eyes
 like his daughter’s.

He said “comma”
Between words that needed it,
 “fifty years ago comma
I could feel my heart beat”
And fifty years later
this reminded her
that hearts still beat.

“Do you remember 1969”?
She wasn’t born yet,
But she’d heard of spaceships,
From time machines
with eyes like arrows,
and breath like whiskey.
He reminded her that breath still tastes,
 like whiskey

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