1
It is not what she did
at 10 o’clock
last evening
accounts for the smile
It is
that she plans
to do it again
tonight.
2
Only the mouth
all those years
ever
letting on.
it’s not the eyes
exactly either
it’s not even
exactly a smile
But, whatever,
I second the motion.
– John Stone, from Music from Apartment 8. © Louisiana State University Press, 2004.
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