Tom Raworth

B G T

Beautiful Habit

greetings
as the door opened
ticking

please listen to this
food alone for all
the f. b. i. will continue

maybe you dozed off
i hung by that phone all night
suppose he talks

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vida

later

aria

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once upon a time
not looking for any thing

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you’ re on
your own
it’ s off
it’ s on

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perhaps it means
ragged like that
golda my-yeer
pre-meer

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and pour the old box
down a drain

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