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December 2007, vol 3 no 4

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Roberta Beary

mother's rainbow

the little orange one is for trouble sleeping do not drive this
fat blue one is for good or bad cholesterol i forget which

cracked bowl
a banana skins
itself

the pink are for bones that break when you cough the clear green is
for tummy upsets take two with water and these yellow ones are for
pain that never leaves

windowpane
a cactus bends
to the sky