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hopscotch gray ash leper. 

   quicker to the tray with the 
  embers still burning .

  he smells of malt urine and
  pall mall ciggeretts.

  so steady his genius through
 yellow tar stained fingers. 

 leaping briliantly over checkered tiles 
 in the park.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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