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Eight Pairs

She was given to fits of coughing, and minor visitations from non-canonical Saints. His radical veterinary operations were a great success at court. They were the first to lose limbs in the siege.

He was BCBG; she was Baba-Cool. They commanded small opposing legions on their school's May educational enrichment bus.

He had averaged 23 pts. and made the All Star team. He was a talented rookie with the Eastern Conference rivals. They spoke by cell phone infrequently and tended to mind their tonality.

The $217 of junk money he had gotten from the unwatched suitcase at Port Authority was spent. The woven Mexican change container in her father's closet was empty. From their position on the sidewalk, they could see the top floors and massive lighting rod of the Empire State Building.

She was a Zobo. He was a Bocey. They were marginalized in gym class.

He was Captain Humphrey's apprentice. She was a local hoyden. They found time and personal freedom on the moors.

He had been saving small coins during his errands to local craftsmen for the duke. She had been watching his ass closely. They shared almost nothing.

It fastened itself firmly to the rock face in a rapidly moving part of the stream and waited for passing vegetable fragments. It fastened itself firmly to the rock face in a rapidly moving part of the stream and waited for passing vegetable fragments.

This poem appears in the 2001 Anthology
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