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Friday, January 28, 2022

dime


by dog e relaford



a hundred dogs
a thousand cats
a billion cheeseburgers
a baseball bat

a stranger walking down a road
a message in a secret code
a dog that barks just once a year
a wise man wiping away a tear

a prophet walking north, not south
who never opens up his mouth
he hopes to soothe his weary soul
joining the circus at the north pole

i received a letter in the mail
because they let the mailman out of jail
it invited me to rule the world
but i am not that kind of girl

joe biden asked me for a dime
i told him, maybe some other time
the sun is setting in the west
dad is drunk, but mother knows best



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