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I wonder what Tom Tomorrow has to say
About Kerry's acceptance speech,
Which I didn't watch. I was writing

An essay about the random text spams
And looking on as a hand-me-down table
Was white saged. We moved the tv
Into the other room and didn't feel
The next episode of Strangers with Candy.
Mary Steenburgen, on the other hand...

I took pictures of the room with my phone,
Debating whether to put my Zohar above
The desk where the Kirsten Thorup'd been
Until Sunday, deciding where to put Ben's
alt.fan.silliman -- before Deer Head Nation
or after Drew's robot beaver-stuffed uvula...

And you who undertook the ritual,
You got so close to me despite the capacity crowd
Dragging my attention into the middle distance
It was all I could do to recline and take grapefruit
Sorbet from the spoon in a nonchalant manner,
And add with you to the list of what's free.