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4 feet: one pair hairless;
One stepped on a "daddy long legs."

the other, younger hairful.
L The legs moved, they wobbled--the head crushed.

onging same, motives not
They laughed at the twisting legs,

a groping hand touches other's unwilling hip.

A 1. A grotesque dance they performed:

19ht push sends it away,
b The children (watching) on one step;

ut it creeps right back
( The thin legs (dying) on the next.

unchallenged under night's cover)

t Turning legs ••. whisper.
s umbling upon the spot.

Camp counselor calls
the sensation creates an almost breathless

Time for swim.
but the body remains rigid, held back--"Relax ..."

It They run up the dirt road
stops, the other goes to sleep.

T And towards the pool
hey eat cereal side by side, but not together.

T --Leaving the mangled legs
he other stays
(One forgets, the other remembers)

and sits in a daze.
They plunge in the pool amongst screaming twirps.

Progression of anger, fright, depression,

GU.l Their hair is wet--they don't care.

1 t, arousal, perspective, and acceptance.
They dunk their heads under water to

See who can stay under the longest.

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