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AFTER IKKYU: 54 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: THIS MORNING I FELT STRONG AND JAUNTY IN MY MAIL-ORDER
Last Line: IN AN INSTANT I BECAME ANOTHER OF EARTH'S BILLION SAD MOTHERS.

This morning I felt strong and jaunty in my mail-order
Israeli commando trousers. Up at Hard Luck Ranch I spoke
to the ravens in baritone, fed the cats with manly gestures.
Acacia thorns can't penetrate these mighty pants. Then out
by the corral the infant pup began to weep, abandoned.
In an instant I became another of earth's billion sad mothers.



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