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      For
      Oklahoma
      City,
     
     
      April,
      2001
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Our
      place
      has
      no
      room
     
     
      to
      welcome
      anyone
     
     
      here,
      where
      spring-cleaning
     
     
      is
      swift
      to
      settle
      like
      dust
     
     
      under
      the
      rug;
      for
      shame,
     
     
      or
      want
      of
      a
      means
      by
      which
     
     
      to
      go,
      or
      just
      leave,
     
     
      our
      name
      as
      our
      manner
     
    

    
     
      ~thin
      as
      ice~
     
     
      well-balanced
      &
      beyond
      reason
     
    
   
   
    
     
      God
      is
      a
      homemaker
      this
      Spring
     
     
      w/chemicals
      and
      popsicles
     
     
      pared
      down
      like
     
     
      needles.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      —Rick
      Sparkes