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Autumn Leaves

volume 4 number 6

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Abstract

by Robert McKay

The kid cooked the KISS t-shirt and stirred vigorously.
The wine was yellow in the moonlight and 40 glasses stood sentry on the table.
The sound of supper flowed from the kitchen
Sparrows sang the blues outside the window
Concrete blocks formed a foundation for emptiness.

What was the kid doing there?
He didn't own a car after all
And the clouds wouldn't gather till sunset.
It was too hot to sit in the bathtub.

I guess we all have our idiosyncrasies.
Some are more useful than others;
Mine I don't know about.
But when the moon shines bright at noon
And the crickets skreek for joy
I just may boil a pizza the way the sane ones do.

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