Easter

Ihavemetthematcloseofday

Comingwithvividfaces

Fromcounterordeskamonggrey

Eighteenth-centuryhouses.

Ihavepassedwithanodofthehead

Orpolitemeaninglesswords,

Orhavelingeredawhileandsaid

Politemeaninglesswords,

AndthoughtbeforeIhaddone

Ofamockingtaleoragibe

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