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From Herring Cove.

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I have six gold
teeth in my head.

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If things get bad,
they come out.

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Keep me fed on sailor's
biscuit and gin.

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Recently, I got
thin, having lost

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the weight of one small child.

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I don't miss her,
that little tot

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made of fat, exiled pound
by pound, breath by breath.

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Each day, a little
lighter in the loafers,

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a little less tight in the suit.

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Treaty num-num, I made you out
of boredom, out of sadness, out

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of English muffins and of beer.

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But also joy, mixed
nuts, a little fear.

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Today I lie upon the
sands of Cape Cod,

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exposing my mixed
parts to the sun.

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Midnight breakfast, mortadella,
Swedish pancake, cake for lunch,

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I liked you going down.

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You were fun.

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But like these gulls and
piping plovers, forever hungry,

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I watch you run.

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