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Exemplary

From the February 2025 Print Edition

A vagabond, seduced by impish godsTo jaywalk the downtown interstate, is dead.Addled with booze, he managed against the oddsTo hit rush hour, lifting, one woman said, That slow-down-buddy, wait-a-minute handBums use at traffic lights to ask for changeBefore the swerving first car flicked him andThat . . . . Continue Reading »