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Deborah Dano
the Door
a charcoal smudge sunset
wasn’t
sweeping
a chocolate sauce sweet
wasn’t
deserting
a chicken heart
beats
wasn’t
resenting
a chrysalid starts flight
whiz gnat
leaping
a clown choking
spat
squeaking
waisinets
a curly coif
crimped
cascading
winging it
a champion raced feet
walking
whizzed not
a clockwork orange sets
watch it
meaning
a conceit sparks
poets
what not
writing
a cruising car
ways in
went
driving
a child’s toy
was sent
tweets
following
a continuousness
WAIS ENT
dreamt
following
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