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[Keen and lovely man moved as in a dance]

Keen and lovely man moved as in a dance

to be considerate in lighted, glass-walled

almost outdoor office. Business

wasn’t all he knew. He knew music, art.

Had a heart. “With eyes like yours I should think

the dictaphone” or did he say the flute?

His sensitivity—it stopped you.

And the neighbors said “She’s taking lessons

on the dictaphone” as tho it were a saxophone.

He gave the job to somebody else.

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