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I often write poems for
voices other than my own.

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Perhaps it comes out
of the same instinct

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that sets me writing fiction.

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I don't know.

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It's my only excuse
for assuming the right

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to write this next poem.

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I hope it's self-explanatory.

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It's called "Blues To Be
Sung In A Dark Voice."

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"It's time to shine
the bottom of my shoes.

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Move over cousin, here
comes my bad news.

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Goodbye, good boy.

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Hello, hello blue.

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Milk man won't milk me.

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Tailor won't suit me now.

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So goodbye, good boy.

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Florist won't let me
smell his kind of bunch.

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Grocer won't deliver
me, that's a cinch.

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Banker won't check me
out to drink some lunch.

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Jeweler just watches,
he don't ring me up.

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So goodbye, good boy.

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Dealer won't cut me
in on his old game.

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Sheriff don't teach me
how to spell my name.

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Driver won't bus me, I'll
get there just the same.

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Garbage man don't
give me no pick-me-up.

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So goodbye, good boy.

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Shoe men won't put
bottoms on my top.

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Druggist drug me
down to see the cops.

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Plumber won't bail me
out, I'm here for keeps.

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Railroad won't
forgive my trespasses.

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So goodbye, good boy.

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Baker ain't going
to roll me anymore.

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Barber ain't going to
cut me like before.

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Mama can't get my knees
down on the floor.

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Doctor won't take my pulse
because he can't keep it.

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So goodbye, good boy.

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Loan man likes that
X on the dotted line.

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Preacher, he keeps
crossing me all the time.

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Someone set fire to it.

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It burns just fine.

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Landlord ain't going to
land on me again, Lord.

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So goodbye, good boy."

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