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Originally Posted by John Riley
Mannequins
Sturdy chests, women with hard breasts,
men free of groin, collected together
well-trained sophisticates full of talk,
secretly longing for sleep, giving one
another the sly eye, waiting to be fed
illusions of the glow of life, although now
they have nothing to remember,
no fleeting thoughts of things not seen:
Standing sneaks, against a wall,
some with hands lifted like charmers
tilting a cigarette, sighting enchantment.
How like our nights their nights are!
Without the lift of an ending light!
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This is what I would do, but I'm not you
Just suggesting you might trim some?
Don't like ending with a L13.