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St. Valentine's Day:
When you Care Enough to Send the Very Best

Survival

Hailing a Cab

The Mumbler Speaks of
Pigeon Wars


Squeeze Play: For Joe and
Norma Jean


A Local Virgo Makes the Paper

Safe from the Elements

St. Valentine's Day: When you Care Enough to Send the Very Best

Completely Well: For B.B. King and Wallace Stevens

April Dancing: For Dietrich
Bonhoeffer

The Left Hand of God

Passing Thru for Ti Jean

The Rosary of Dachau

Next time you have a problem
selecting the appropriate greeting
for that very special someone

all alone among
what those priceless cards express
quite at a loss
for the right one to choose
the only one that says
exactly how you feel
when you care enough
to send the very best

close your eyes

& imagine your lover
lying in a sun-field
his carefree heart
in his hand
his very special features
just another face
down in the ditch
lips apart & frozen-eyed
with the rest of the dead
at My Lai

& pick one

 
 
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