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“Getting Old,” “Wound,” and “Your Philosophy Over the Phone”

 By Fran LeMoine

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Getting Old

He misses

the old photographs

where everyone had

ruby eyes

and occasionally

the top of a head or two

didn't make it in.

Wound

A deep cut of noise,

her screaming at him

that way.

All he did was

forget to listen.

He said he was sorry.

The wound can only be healed

by sutures of silence

and she won't shut up.

Your Philosophy Over the Phone

Uh-oh.

Here you are again.

Pouring out

your take on things

in your Nyquil voice

and with jailhouse sincerity.

Trying to sell me

a taste of inspiration

that even you won't swallow.

If I hang up,

you'll call back.

Luckily,

my "hmmmms" are in good shape.

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Frances LeMoine: a.) Lives in New Hampshire; b.) Earns money by writing descriptions for an auction house's monthly catalog; c.) Has had two collections of poetry published, most recently The Moon Makes No Difference To Me (Asterius Press, 2002); and d.) Is working on a collection of short fiction that's turning into a novel.