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in Candyland
where everything’s candy
the winners get vegetables
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at the politician’s funeral
you had to push your way in
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your delicious perfume
gave me a migraine
that never ended
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all my adult life
I have waited for the word:
malignant
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watermelons and onions—
a feast that keeps on feasting
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how sorry how sorry
is the hiker
who set the forest ablaze?
E. Martin Pedersen, originally from San Francisco, has lived in eastern Sicily for several decades. Some of his publication news can be found on his blog: http://emartinpedersenwriter.blogspot.it/