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"Friends."

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This morning I got up
looking for my friends.

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Last year or last night,
no remark was wasted.

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We drank everything, danced
with one another's wives,

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pretended to be sullen or drunk.

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While in the dark
kitchen, fat John

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braced his feet, leaned forward
hard against the singing

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refrigerator.

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But now my house is empty.

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Stale ashes and sunlight on
the rug are no breakfast.

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I need leaves, air,
and a clean brain.

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And a trampled weed field,
I find two shoes empty

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and smelling only of leather
and tracks going away.

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