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I found some old books on the shelf - very old books, 10c finds from Church fairs from years and years ago. I started scratching out certain words to make new poems. It was fun. Doing it on the fly. One take. If I scratched too far - or took out the wrong word - it was ruined. Instantly. Line by line. Each one a stupid experiment carrying a strange secr…
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