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Lyn Lifshin

                 

Card Players

                Romare Bearden

striped awnings
you crank back
to let in the stars

in pitch black,
frogs and cicadas
crickets, the low

whine of bats. Roses
drip. Floorboards
the paint peels
on creak as uncles

slap down cards.
Citronella. Ice
tea clinks in

tall glasses.
Calico dog
sniffing under the
table cloth. A

train in darkness.
Straw unravels so

slowly you
can’t hear


Copyright © 2001 Lyn Lifshin.

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