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[lorelea]

when i was not yet old
enough to know better,

i filled sketchbooks to
their entirety
in a day

cracked their gummed spines
folded my self over the banister
& made the foyer rain.

gnashing lamb cassoulet
one such night my father
lectured on
frugality

lines of dominoes cleared
the dishes,

and i, inspired,
slipped off my chair to save
my rare works from the bin.