written at the Denver International Airport, on my way to Spokane yesterday.

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for the romans, some say it was the lead pipes

2/5/06

fat lady, dressed
in red, plump
from business
too tired to walk
so
she takes the
sidewalk
slow
escalator horizontal
to
nowhere with her wheeled
luggage
close behind, handle
resting on
her ass too fat
to even pull it

so she stands