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heard something in your voice
on the phone
a bit of alligator, no
a frantic anteater, no
your mother's attitude to responsibility
no, not that either

you were in orbit with John Glenn
nope
your bad hair day had made you shave your head
no

then I remembered the last time you
sounded like this

I remember how you
said something
about the space race
the need for space, the nature of relationships
ski poles
24 valve engines
black and white discernment in
every moment of a colour blown day

personal negative buoyancy
about limits and fig
newtons, the parabola
of confusion
sipping a glass of St. Emilion
no, that was another night
you had heard John Prine one time too little
I was Steve McQueen
you were Joan of Arc, no
I was Winchester on MASH, no
you were returning overdue library books, no
the snow kept falling like in a movie
we were not cold
we were in bed, no
we were driving somewhere, not talking
no, talking, no, arguing, no ending it, no
we were happy, no
the garage door rose up

no
it was nothing, I imagined the whole thing

you and your voice should sit down
and work this out
a little sub committee

what did you say

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