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Betrayals

We would sit across    each other ,  you would    look suspiciously at me   'you came all the way to    see me',  you would say   in that sweet dulcet tone     'I came all the way to see    you, from the country without   a post office', I would blurt out   and then immediately regret      quoting you to you   I would examine the wrinkles    of your face, expecting you to   say 'you fool, go away, don't quote me    to me, so much of a cliche'   but instead you would smile and   say 'father said you write'   I would mumble and you would    say, 'you might write but you    can't speak except, it seems in clich és'   I would flush and you would smile   and say that's ok    we are all allowed to be   fools in our own way     you would order a Miller lite   I would stick to a Virgin Cuba   libre, (with diet coke ple