trapeze
frAnk
we
were
riding
the
train
back
from
victoria
.
snow
was
falling
outside
the
speeding landscape.
"
like
someone
tearing
white
curtains
," hilary
said
.
a
woman
entered
our
berth
and
stood
in
the
doorway
so
straight
i
had
to
ask
her
if
she
was
a
dancer
.
she
said
, "
no
,
but
i
walk
the
trapeze."
she
had
an
eastern european
accent
.
and
i
smiled
inside
because
i
could
tell
.
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...
ird
and
in
these
dreams
i
need
no
net
,
but
in
these
waking
hours
,
the
floor
is
a
terrible
reality
021225
...
Fido
I
can
hear
the
music
faintly
Can't
see
the
crowds
,
though
The
spotlight
has
me
squinting
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who
go
blather
from