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Bunting

Would you mind shifting over a bit? You're sitting on his hat and he is a coward, he can’t tell you himself. He’s making me miserable and responsible by complaining, that’s why I have to interrupt your Red Sox game. I’m really going to pay for this. There will be the silent treatment on the ride home, a violent silence. Home and the explosion. How many times will he call me stupid? Can you guess? I am sorry to disturb you but we have a lot left in this game, and I don’t know how long I’m going to last.

Kellie Scott-Reed’s name takes up most of her bio. AEIC of Roi Fainéant Press. Songwriter, poet, published in lots of cool places. Twitter: @KellieScottReed 

Athens 1967

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