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The Animal Inside MeThe animal inside me wears a sweater when it snows. / He lives in Logan's house with his new wife, / and is afraid of the neighbor's electric fence.

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London 1973The West End wanders in my recollection / like a quiet madman. All the times we were / reminded of the War, pointed out the bullet-riddled

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MessageMy sister dreams of flying tortoises, / cockatoos and parrots flapping in a / perfect randomness. She watches

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Man on a BicycleBalanced at the gravel margin / of the road, veiled in grey and blue, / his hands are fisted loose around

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FebruaryBack of a barn along these frozen roads, / a month of scrap and splintered wood / falters to ash in irresistible flames

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ElegyFor Randall Kruk / Although no stranger to yourself, / you were your own undiscovered country,

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Last Snowfall of the Seasoni / In all this white and grey / the world dissolves,

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SmokerThe wheels on either side his chair / blaze morning light. Rusted cars / and trucks rattle along the street.

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Sunday MorningThe car runs rough today, labors over / low hills that lay between me and the city. / Clouds like enormous white feathers

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South WindThe sky above the treeline hangs / grey and yellow as old linen. / A wild-hearted wind

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