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CYCLE
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What why when where who
I crush my wedding glass beneath my shoe
In with from to at
I kiss my bride & cry Jehoshaphat
Five four three two one
I father daughters & entomb a son
Minsk Flint Perth Seoul Rome
I travel far to find myself at home
Large squat thin fat small
I greet a stranger in a shopping mall
Taste touch smell hear see
I lose my wife my gentle Melanie
I take my life & shake it by the hair
Who what why when where
Copyright © 1996 by The Atlantic Monthly Company. All rights reserved.
The Atlantic Monthly; May 1996; Cycle; Volume 277, No. 5; page 102.
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