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IuseD to push in her prune~
wrinkleD thumb anD marvel
at the inDent m~ tin~ ~nger

maDe in the coolness
of her fragile hanD-
the hanD tbat pickeD
me as her favorite.

Ever~ visit: bacon puooing Pops for Dessert -
for breakfast, when life's biggest Decision
was chocolate, vani[[a, or swirL
DelivereD Direct
to the coffee table
as I sat cross-leggeD
on the bear-brown berber
carpet, back against the bottom
of the woven plaiD sofa, e~es fixeD
on NickeloDeon, channel 31

. . plate after plate- Now when she turns on the stove
she nearl~ burns the house
<l>awhole pounck/i> she'D sa~ with a cbuckle Down anD those prune~ hanDs now reek
as she brought me coca-cola with grime anD Deca~
in the kiooie cup- with pus~ sores.

pale ~e[[ow plastic with hanDles Iwent back on m~ nineteenth birth-
on each siDeanD an elephant Da~ anD the elephant
cup was gone anD th~re was not a trace
l'D carveD on the front, a white screw-on of freshl~-cookeD bacon in the ml:trk~
1 - Ican sti[[ feel the sweet coolness streaming air of the unkempt house

onto m~ tongue through the tin~ holes
as IsuckeD.

anD the~ stoppeD making pUDDingPops
~ears ago.

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