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Lower Case i and j

Man

with one leg,

no arms,

wears black suit,

white necktie.


Woman

in black dress,

white scarf,

no arms too.

On white

sheet

both attend

paper funeral;

tears ink.


But you

can put

a hyphen

between them:


look

they are holding hands.

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"Lower Case i and j" first appeared in 26 Magazine, Issue C, 2004.

Posted on May 19, 2009 6:05 AM