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Apr 2020
Has it come to this,
one swashbuckling
bare-knuckle fight
for the final kiss
before the lights go out and
the picture show starts?

Screen stars with broken hearts
I've seen them all from
Casablanca to Rio
seen
Bob Hope and DiNero
Chaplin and Monroe,

all when the picture show starts.
John Edward Smallshaw
Written by
John Edward Smallshaw  68/Here and now
(68/Here and now)   
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   Carlo C Gomez
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