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What a Slap Can Do

by Bertil Falk


how new you are
how dare you be that fresh
to clutch this enormous thumb
of mine

your big blue eyes
unfocused on the world
that mouth that has not
smiled the first of smiles as yet

it is strange
just a slap
and life is due


Copyright © 2012 by Bertil Falk

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