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By m glenn

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Sometimes at the end Of a long day All you have is an ashtray Spilling over with butts An aching knee Drowsy eyes and mind. All the late night calls To people you don’t know Anymore Have been made You eavesdrop on the Abusive couple Two houses down Purely by accident. A dog barks in a dirty Yard somewhere. The wind pushes tree limbs Against thin windows. The rats run under the floors making rodent four-play. 3 am stands up to stretch And death sits in a corner A bored look on his Plain bone mug Wondering what to do With such little material. Written October 5th, 2001 © on Oct 05 2001 01:33 PM PST   0 • 10

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"Sometimes at the end Of a long day All you have is an ashtray Spilling over with butts An aching knee Drowsy eyes and mind. All the late night calls To people you don’t know Anymore Have been made You eavesdrop on the Abusive couple Two houses down Purely by accident. A dog barks in a dirty Yard somewhere. The wind pushes tree limbs Against thin windows. The rats run under the floors making rodent four-play. 3 am stands up to stretch And death sits in a corner A bored look on his Plain bone mug Wondering what to do With such little material...."

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