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THE CASE OF THE HALF SLIP AND HEELS

If you are not living in the same predicament
I hope you are counting the sunbeans emanating
From the bunting. Each one's a soul, so to speak,
Absorbed in its radiant health and youth. Office space
Is going cheap in my building. I guess what
I'm saying is get a room. This afternoon
Went by like I was engrossed in a manual task.
I was prepared to believe they were living a lie
Or two, but when I saw the teeming larvae, I was shocked.
This is often known as clearing the throat.
Are you feeling so dear to me I can't speak?
Maybe you've found the unexpected approach,
The northwest passage, as it were. A phrase
Using a familiar word in its secondary sense.
Spirit cleanser. My clumsier self throbs
When I fail to open the coconut. The words
Come very easily, photographs prompt
A recall of that year's model of memory
(Childrens' heads get stuck in it). You come
To the door in your house coat and I
Find my sea legs in time.