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hearing Richard Nixon

formaniac

Published: Mar 5, 2011

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found poetry.
poem from a book about grandmothers.
background images of cells from Plants

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no doubt
without
tall drinks to cool
in the White Man's World!

but i am not a crook
not president of anything
dues
not shirk to pay

buy me a new dream
and lust after
a house by the sea:
i could even
open my doors

(or live in one)

knowing
what i need
so nearly
undefeated

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Mar 3, 2011, 9:40:50 PM