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What Gave it Away

By Christopher Hivner

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Special delivery

for the Prince of Darkness
on his birthday.
A dozen roses, Oprah’s book club selection,
    and a kitten with a big, red bow.
Another gag gift
from the boys in the office.

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Christopher says, “Born in a fish hatchery in 1937 to a small-mouth bass with bionic fins, I grew up writing haiku on the scales of carp. I like to make candles out of bacon grease, selling them to children for their lunch money and have never met an Eskimo named Larry. Of course, I have never been published in a finer publication than whatever the name of this one is.”