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Doug Potter
Poems
Jan 2017
Raccoon
It is five-thirty a.m.
I step outside for
the newspaper,
not four feet away
a raccoon sits on
its haunches like
a paunchy Buddha,
smiling as only liars
and sick animals
can; I toss a half
eaten piece of bacon
betweenΒ Β itsΒ Β legs, pick
up the paper,
back away,
away.
Written by
Doug Potter
Iowa
(Iowa)
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