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"The Tax Assessor."

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"Money goes smiling from
one man to another, a woman.

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The assessor's black suit
grimaces front and back

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as he walks.

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His mouth is a number 10
turned edgewise like a brand.

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He looks only at the
sides of buildings.

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He looks pale.

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In the garden, his shoe
prints dig shallow graves.

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From his groin pocket shoots a
tape measure of spring steel.

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His girl's statistics--

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30 by 50 by 45 feet.

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Our shadows cross cling
like two mourners.

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Why should I fear him?

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He says I am worth something."

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There was once a tax
assessor in an audience

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that I read that to.

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He liked it very much.

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