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Oct 2012
you couldn't stand being dealt the truth
so you needed somebody else to handle it
with kid gloves, brutally *displayed

over various acts of violence; violently
handled like it was a child, misbehaving
and now it's flown off the handle.
and you're standing empty-handed.
Sal Gelles
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Sal Gelles  The road
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