Church Street #26

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Church Street Is Burning

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Church Street #26
In a hollow dry morning
ambulancesreamingout
t……………………………..passed…………. rushourefugees
o………………………………………………….garbagemen
w………………………………………………… dressed
a…………………………………………………. in
r…………………………………………………..tales
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……an early mourning tragedy…………tears
……………………………………………………eva
her cries………………………………………. pour
jerked off………………………………………at
her heart………………………………………..ing into
………………………………………………………….smoke.
The firemen glean the ashes for some cause.
The wind scolds them for their feeble gesture.
But the trees are filled with applause.