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  LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
    by j.poet
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  a soft crescent of lite
  turning slowly in the sky
  it is the moon
  it becomes a smile
  it becomes yr face
  
  there are thousands of stars in the sky
  twinkling twinkling
  now there are only two
  yr eyes
  
  you turn to me &
  the air dances in the space between us
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  THE SNAIL KING
    by j.poet
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  one nite
  i came inside of you
  a grey slug crawling into a
  decayed garden
  
  the hungry iron stars of your nipples  
  were laughing at me 
  
  when i came
  you cried
  
  you know
  what salt does
  to a slug
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  (Untitled)
    by j.poet
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  the nightwatchman sits in a darkened room
  smoking a cigarette
  listening to jazz on a small plastic radio
  
  he's guarding a store full of things
  that no one in their right mind
  would ever attempt to steal
  
  outside the streets are cold and empty
  there is nowhere to go
  nothing to do
  no one to see
  
  the steam pipes cough
  
  dead musicians play
  a lonely music
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  Copyright 1996 j.poet, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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  j.poet is a freelance writer specializing in world music: pop, 
  folk, and ethnic. He writes regularly for Pulse!, Utne Reader,
  RhythmMusic, and other fine local and national publications. He 
  has been writing fiction since his teens, and has been published 
  in small literary mags nationally and internationally. He loves 
  hot music, tropical climates, spicy food, and his partner Leslie.
  email: poebeat@aol.com
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