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melancholy saunaIf you have to cry in public, / the sauna at the Y is a good place to do it. / As long as you are quiet, everyone's eyes

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Vasovagal SyncopeThe room shrinks. / She missed again, the vein dodging the needle. / The body reacts

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The Poem I Asked ForMy poem lay / in fragments / over my desk.

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Apollo's DaughterApollo once had a daughter who was gifted with words. One day she observed the savages to the west and felt pity for them as they did not know the joy of reading or writing. So she taught them, though it was forbidden. When the gods found out, she was banished from Olympus and instead transformed into the very language the savages used. Her name - Ellemenope, is uttered every time they recite their alphabet.

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