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Chris Lisieski
Ephemera 2
the shrill cry of that
shill of a politico
comes bounding out
the barbershop
where maurice
is cutting
the same hair
cut he has always cut
shorter on the sides
shorter in the back
longer on top maurice
doesn’t know why
anyone would want anything
else especially not
if they come to maurice’s
so maurice chops it short
and combs what’s
long and folks pay
their ten even though
what’s framed is a dollar
that says to my man
maurice in chicken scratch
and folks come back
mostly because
they like maurice
that suave charm-
er who uses a lot
of nicknames
and pain pills
he claims for
his back but laughs
all the time
at himself
most of all
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