Monday, February 14, 2022

14,142. DEAN DEADLY

DEAN DEADLY
One time, in space, that
wrinkle came back, that
wrinkle in time we hear 
of. Dean Deadly scoffed.
Having coffee we were, at
Small World Cafe, some
sidelong glance of a place
down Witherspoon way.
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'It's a world of declamations,'
he declared; and I thought
that was kind of funny so I
laughed. 'What's so funny
about that?' I was struck by
how deadly he was.
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Outside the window, still
another car or two wrangled
for the early-morning spaces.
That Mexican girl went by,
as she does every day. They
file off the early-workers'
bus and amble to their street
of kitchen work.
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It's not the best of worlds, but
at least it's not INS, and the
Princeton wealthy just have to
have their food  -  served and
prepped by slaves, though
of another brood.

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