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Gary Sloboda
Geldings
Honor this rose of misapprehension,
how deeply the old woman felt
on line at the bank that her purse
held before her was a pail
of oats presented to a horse.
The teller’s mustache a blank
in a hangman game. To snap
her out of it we took her gently
by the arm, gently bending down
to ask her what geldings run
free in what fields.
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