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Anne Valley-Fox

                  Change of the Guard

San Felipe Pueblo Casino Hollywood
equidistant from A to Z
a couple of semi’s idling their engines
down in the lower lot
a few minutes late
we beat him by 10
ex-husband noses his truck
beside my car
rolls down the window:
"Sorry I’m late. . . how’re you doing?"

Teenager already out of the car
backpack tossed
in the bed of the truck, runs
interference: "Mom went totally nuts
this morning--she threw a spoon at me!"
For what it’s worth, I set the record
straight: "I threw it near you,
not at you, my dear--
and it was a fork,
not a spoon."
[painting] small version of 'Sanguinaire'
"Sanguinaire"
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Copyright © 2002 Anne Valley-Fox

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