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So — you know somebody who knows a guy?
we all do
listen
I know somebody
I am the guy

who paints tiny Revelations?

on used band aids?

gives them away and sells
untitled self-portraits
for cash?

a little bird witness a double
murder while
being raped
blind-folded
don't worry

you might know the money
if you work for tips

I know whose luck is
a viral contagion and who has
isolated Providence in
a single round
in an unscarred chamber

don't think I don't know you
who I know
as sure and by heart as I know the

weight
and feel
of cut newspaper
bound in rubber bands
inside brown paper envelopes
it's the gift of the bag man!

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Katharine Polenberg's poems have appeared online in Laura Hird's Showcase, Triptych Quarterly Fiction, Zygote in My Coffee, Thieves Jargon and Poor Mojo's Almanac(k), and forthcoming in Cherry Bleeds. She resembles a real person, living or dead. You can find more by visiting her at http://www.freewebs.com/outsiderartist/index.htm.

posted 11.12.07.

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