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Caught In The Dutch Bowl


She believed in Astrology

he believed in her

Their White House chart in symbols strange

whose doctrine ebbed and flowed

She believed the stars made sense

her love had made him blind

To what his darkest fears had robbed

 — a modern day Tom Joad

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

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