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Recorded Reading (0:54): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/32opphauz9wmbwkfuxarj/remembering-clueless.mp3?rlkey=ba8hpk5wif2wxjw8rgsc6e83i&dl=0

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remembering clueless

she is
sixteen years old

in rough
but safe hands

sitting
at midnight
in a downtown diner

looking 
out the window

that’s a whore
he tells her

that guy’s a john

and
there’s her pimp

here’s how he
keeps her working for him

listen
three methods
used together…

okay, now
that over there
is a drug deal

you can even tell 
what kind of drugs

here’s how,
listen…

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Until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ and to begin once again to create professional connections and to rebuild her life, this poet presently lives homeless and at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level ~ still working seven days a week to contribute to her society, however.

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