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				For the Woman Who Walked Out During My 
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            To what should I attribute it,  
			an upsurge in sunspot activity 
			 
			or the general decay of manners?  
			Please don’t say it was me,  
			 
			the dull sincerity of my words,  
			their untreated depression,  
			 
			that sent you rushing off.  
			Let me think there was a man  
			 
			(with a ponytail, perhaps), 
			a vase of dried wildflowers,  
			 
			a bedroom wall on which  
			you put a hand for balance  
			 
			as you stepped out of your skirt,  
			your micro panties, and then yourself  
			 
			and delicately into a love poem. 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
  
			  
			  
			  
            
              
            
            
             
  
            
            
  
            
              
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