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Recorded Reading (0:44): https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ir0tom5ztva9vx/the%20sign%20on%20the%20door%20of%20the%20store.mp3?dl=0

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the sign on the door of the store

said

please be patient
we are adjusting
to life with a new baby
and will be keeping business hours
as normal as possible
sorry we’re not here right now
see you soon

i walked off to get
a little bit less
for a little bit more
elsewhere
with a big
smile on my face

that
my friends
that
is how bi’ness
should be
done

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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.

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