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* This was based on a converstion I had with a veteran poet in a local bar."
So often she entered his room after berating his father- a man sacked in a beaten chair living in a defeated rumpled shirt. And once again she presents herself at the cusp of his door with a black negligee like a seductive, maternal whore. And he argued with himself... trying not to believe in that horrific vision at his door-- but still... he needed he wanted her more and more.
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Reviewed by Sue Hess

Reviewed on December 14, 2004

this is tragic but unfortunately, having a child doesn't make one a mother

Reviewed by jude forese

Reviewed on December 13, 2004

due to circumstance, some people just cannot help themselves ...

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