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KYOKA
by Carol Raisfeld
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girls night out -
as always,
only the widow
knows where
her husband is
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wedding day
she waxes the tops
of her toes,
her mother's moustache
newly bleached
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"waiter!
call the
branch manager
there's a
twig in my soup"...
now, who do
I call
about the
fly?
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fly on a fly,
"yes, I love you
more than shit" ...
...the magic of an
ordinary day
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little boys know
tinker toys,
magic rings, boxtop things
little girls know
everything
*
my uncle,
the contortionist,
on his honeymoon,
finally met
his end
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moving day
mom packs dad's viagra
in a small box
marked "FRAGILE",
her "all is right" smile
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