One Two

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One
Two

:

artless

prose can
turn         itself
             to verse
when words
can          place them-
             selves on
an else
blank        white page
             just so

:

(1)

an
ugly

snapping turtle
on stream's side
boulder
            flat
                     upright

slips slanted into water
slanted
into              a silent
water           stone

now she isn't
she's            there
gone

--

(2)

as
to

cats?

cats are sometimes, well,
are
at              
times                            catty;

I say at times are,
they
are,

and too women,
too
men;

not all of them;
just some of them,              
                                    mind
                                    you.
mind you,
mind you.

fish, on another hand
(or other fin or paw),

are always, they are,
they
are
always,    

no two or three
two
or                              ways
three                        about it

(and by always, I do
mean all the time),

fishy,

as are                     lawyers,
are

lawyers
politicians
preachers

Internet hackers
identity thieves
IRS agents ...

and sometimes even
sometimes
even
used
car                            slick
salesmen

and
-women

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