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The next poem in
the series is called

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"Strike One, Strike Two--

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A Savage Song."

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I am as safe as I can slide
into the softball game, Sunday.

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Nothing happens to men but the
phallic deed, the tight hands

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around the bat like a
negative, mother print that.

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Beer is savage at
last, I am delivered.

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In a year's fat or two, I will
be pregnant enough to go home.

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Over the years, I have elected
the men I'm passionate enough

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to understand that.

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Lately, out of sheer
myth, they fucking up.

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You've got to pitch the ball
in like a gun rack floating

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across an imperfect pickup,
brush the coloreds back

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from my wife, I mean life.

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Darling, I look forward
to seeing you Sunday.

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The metaphor is put it here
babe, put it here babe.

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Put it here.

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