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Anne Valley-Fox

                  (But You Could Never Afford It)

I thought I wanted to be your wife & did
my damndest (bamboo roots

stubborn as sin
underpinning the garden) but

obsession’s a sorry substitute
for knack.

Overripe to play the mistress--I could be
your whore!

You’d like that, I’ll bet: 100 bucks
on your way out the door

& you’d never have to
fix anything!


Copyright © 2002 Anne Valley-Fox

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