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shuffling temptations
in a rustling, whispering shop
weighing verse by inner ear
clamour from Madrid
Sevillean sirens
(are bards in flocks?)
itch to purchase
now outflanked
by rival urges
bar, table, notebook
yet more scribble
not quite what they wanted.
© Paul Taylor 2004
This poem was first published in The Camberwell Circle #7.
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