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Duane Cooper Jan 2020
this old panther
is getting older
and with age
comes a wisdom
a knowing of when to
curl up the tail
time to, time to
put it away
so these days
i don’t want
another
with you, with you
only with you
i’m beside myself
and like a housecat
this old panther
just wants to be held
Taken from the anthology:
Heads Down. Advance!
5 of 7
2010.

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