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HALF WAY TO KHARTOUM

she de-virginized
it was easy
like opening
a pea pod

five years after
still with rt.r:l
virgin
half way to khartoum
and not a gas station
in sight

then over
i despised her
she stole
my bear

havenI t seen her in
two years
til yesterday
so she says to me,
"In the past two years'
without you
I've discovered myself."
I look at her.
and reply,
"You shoUld have discovered
oil
it's worth l1Ore."

BaxT'"y Chamish