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Part 4Shipwreck: doubledutchtradeship

1/10/2021

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Picture
​Part 4
Shipwreck: doubledutchtradeship

squirrel up a leg
squirrel up a leg

itwas
strong
they laughed
they laughed
but hewas
strong

I couldn’t get
it off me
the neighbors
were laughing
they were on
their lawn
chairs the
neighbors
were laughing

I heard
them laugh
heard
them laugh
although
although
they are
onnext
because I
couldn’t fling
it away
far enough

whatbecameoftherats
therats on the boat
therats on the boat
therats on the boat
whatbecameoftherats
therats on the boat

theybecame
thesquirrels
thesquirrels
onthe beach
thesquirrels
thesquirrels
thesquirrels
onthe beach

that we fed
so they became
sostrong
became sostrong
became sostrong
which we
should have
known known
allalong
allalong

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    Philippe Shils - he lives in central Illinois. He has chapbooks available from Underground Books, Right Hand Pointing Press, and a collaborative one with his band The Red Wheelbarrows available at gigs and on Facebook by request. He plays old time banjo and has two kids who are patient with their father.
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