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Recorded Reading (1:28): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p6j55vi2rsasnt1dun7st/I-Alone-Have-Escaped.mp3?rlkey=9tx8cbosapurbr4icy4lkw3qz&dl=0

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I Alone Have Escaped to Tell Thee

Want to know what it’s really like
In the places where you are
(And quite rightly, too)
Afraid to go?

Let’s start with this
Truth:

It’s not like they tell you it is
In the movies
Docudramas
And sitcoms
You constantly consult
For the purpose
Of getting a bead
On any reality
But your own

Sssssssssst….
That’s not reality

Aa awful as it all too often is
It’s actually as sanitized
As any 1950’s
Leave it to Beaver studio set

Don’t think so?

Well, you haven’t been there

I have

Who you gonna believe?

This ragged
Hard breathing
Escapee

Or that
Idiot
Box?

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Homeless until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ this poet presently lives under perpetual threat of towing with all possessions should her 23-year-old van stop running for any reason.

She is badly in need of a modest reserve with which to field any emergency which might occur.

Donors may visit http://www.UgiftABLE.com , using code #72D-31S. It does take several days for the poet to be notified of your patronage.

Thank you for supporting quality in the fine arts.

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