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Barton D Smock
Poems
Jul 2013
strictures
father arrived
with a convincing
deafness
in one ear
a broken pair
of handcuffs
he'd named
the left hand of god-
mother had called him from sleep
with a birthmark my mouth
Written by
Barton D Smock
48/M/Columbus, Ohio
(48/M/Columbus, Ohio)
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