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THE BIRTH OF WRITING

by Marilyn McIntyre



sometime after lunch
a sneeze and then
my teeth come out
and my thoughts
dentures in glass
words on paper
water and ink
tears and terms
two saviours
lured back
in time
for dinner.





Copyright © 1998 by Marilyn McIntyre, All rights reserved

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