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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

still life


by bofa xesjum




a rubicund man
wearing a jocular hat

took a seat
at a moribund cafe

a gray cat
was asleep

at the foot
of a leafless tree

it must have been tired
poor thing

the waitress
had the day off

the proprietor
appeared

after finishing
his newspaper

which he had read
for twenty-eight years

without ever doing
the crossword puzzle



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