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Well, there's three more.

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This is a sort of little
thing I wrote last year.

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It's called, "For Alex."

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He was one of the
New York poets.

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His last comment on
a poem I wrote was--

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Well, for those of you who
like Florence's poetry,

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I find this one really dull.

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He wasn't talking
about this poem.

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But I did him a greater service,
I think, than he did me.

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Anyway.

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"For Alex, five years old."

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Your penis, a snail's
head, sagging in my hand,

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gives everything and
nothing at the same time.

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The veins in it are many
roads that end in the middle.

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Don't cry.