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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

People Getting Divorced

People getting divorced
         riding around with their clothes in the car
  and wondering what happened
                     to everyone and everything
                        including their other
                                               pair of shoes
        And if you spy one
            then who knows what happened
                                            to the other
                                          with tongue alack
  and years later not even knowing
                              if the other ever
                                       found a mate
                                 without splitting the seams
                                    or remained intact
                                                         unlaced
   and the sole
                    ah the soul
                                    a curious conception
        hanging on somehow
                                    to walk again
                                                  in the free air
                           once the heel
                                                has been replaced

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