AS DISTANT FROM ME
The men line their shoes up all along
the start-line. They are as distant from
me as they can be. Some onlookers
who seem to know what's going on
look on. A jewelry store line-up of
diamond studded earrings?
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I am as confused as ever, and again
keep myself from admitting that fact
to others. They all have phones, so
they wouldn't understand me.
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I am a steeple-jack of the highest
order; a chimney-sweep from the
right side of Hell. As distant from
me as The Shroud of Turin could
ever be, I rattle my cage just to be
heard : nothing is left after that.
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I look up and see - on the third story
window - gold lettering there that reads,
'Madame Marie - Fortunes and Glory.'
In script, beneath, it also says : 'Fortunes
told and Riches developed' - again as
distant from me as that can be.
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