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The Failed Singer

She remembers when
She was not alone.

A tear away
From an old mirror,

Knitting up stars
By stage doors,

Stale beer on
Her broken voice ...

blackie fortuna 5 Spencer Crescent Rose Hill OXFORD, ENGLAND

I critized
each flower.>
This
scorned seed
until it woke
one summer hour
and found itself into a weed.

      Mitchell Alexander

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