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Puff Up, Inflate

Puff Up, Inflate


One kind of pigeon,
one kind of snake,
as far as I know,
puff up, inflate.
There’s the bullfrog,
of course, and 
peacocks have tails
so I tell my wife
what she already knows:
Once I become 
whoever I am
then will
I love you.


Donal Mahoney

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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