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Village Idiot

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Dodder capitulates on his bum,         skulks under fence posts         a twitch of Timothy weed prying         apart his massive lips.         A strip of lavatory paper         his golden rule; the         merrie lad bakes ready made         surprises to the jowled response         of his parting brains.         The mastication of shoe laces         on tired leather jerkins akin         to grinding Michelin rubber - his         reedy voice in overbite haste         rounding corners like a club-footed         dog travelling edgewise         from his master's sight.

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