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Tally Man

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Catherine Graham
May 6, 2013
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I saw you
step on the sidewalk crack
scuffing your patents,
some excuse.

The tally man
chalks up
on to his sky scoreboard.

You know it, you feel it,
lying in bed at night.

Later her back cracks
like a walnut.

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Filed Under: May 2013, Shorthand Tagged With: Catherine Graham, poetry, Shorthand

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