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Cate Marvin

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I regard your affections, find your teeth have …

Cate Marvin

I carved upon my desk unsayables. …

Cate Marvin

I never recline in splendor, …

Cate Marvin

Though I can’t recall your last name …

Cate Marvin

Inexplicable, the sign outside a deli scrawled …

Cate Marvin

Roofers scrape the scaly lid …

Cate Marvin

That greasy letter into which my legs entered, …

Cate Marvin

Before I go let me thank the man who mugs you, …

Cate Marvin

Apparently, we are all lying here beside one …

Cate Marvin

I rode him through the village, smiling. …

Cate Marvin

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