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 eating cakes in coffee shops

this is not
 cicero
or yates
or the turn
down the open mic
glottalstopped
or frightened
this is not
drifting into rap
 this is not

 eating cakes in coffee shops

 this is not
red bricked boredom
in provincial northern towns
 nor
back stitched
scissor cut
dressing
 this is not
shadows in shade

  eating cakes in coffee shops

 this is not
why should it
for to see
and to hear
will not bring on the spring
only rain
can bring
this is not
why should it

  eating cakes in coffee shops