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Yellow House on the Corner (1980)
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You start out with one thing, end
up with another, and nothing's
like it used to be, not even the future.
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They come
from the east, trunk to tail,
clumsy ballerinas.
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The camels stand in all their vague beauty —
at night they fold up like pale accordions.
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Sometimes
a word is found so right it trembles
at the slightest explanation.
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In water-heavy nights behind grandmother's porch
We knelt in the tickling grasses and whispered: Linda's face hung before us, pale as a pecan, And it grew wise as she said: "A boy's lips are soft, As soft as baby's skin."
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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Born:
August 28, 1952
(age 72)
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