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James Babbs

She Said


something

about me

drinking

this weekend

but I said

I wasn't

going to

and she laughed

because

she didn't

believe me

and I said

I don't drink

every weekend

and then she

gave me

that look

so I added

just most

of them



Six Bits


my father would sit

at the kitchen table

listening to the radio

because he was blind

and didn't watch TV

just sat in his chair

all day long listening

to the same station

and sometimes I

sat with him talking

or just letting

the sound of

the radio surround us

and when he was

feeling good

he would pound on

the table and

chant shave and

a haircut six

bits and laugh


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Thunder Sandwich #26 - Summer/Fall 2005