My mother and I would love to dine with you, I pleaded. We were visiting Paris for the very first time.
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The Boy in the High School Science Room (and other poems)
He’s been looking for something simple
like hydrochloric acid or magnesium
for the past half hour,
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Scavengers
For the four weeks in October that Hal underwent outpatient chemo and rested afterward, the realtor had left the FOR SALE sign in the yard.