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Beating Heart, Dancing Feet  

  County Fair 


Big pigs dreaming of gopher snakes.  Small,
shapely blondes screaming on the tilt-a-whirl.
      Big,
big youths stalking the midway, dumb as darts
—testicular triumphs, nubians, colored balloons,
	  soroptomists
sell corn dogs, corn, and beer in tiny cups.
Beside the exhibits, the exhibitions, the growing

excitation—cheers from the grandstand reach
a hearty applause above the cotton candy

and the kewpees and Herefords on fresh straw.
Resting my forearms on the ferris wheel bar,

resting my eyes, I leave my soul to unwind,
to unsorrow, as I rest these aging wings.



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