second decima
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		i count on all my parent-friends

		i count on peers (that's understood)
		i count dismounts as judges should

		i mend and tend the girls i send
		(my charges for themselves do fend)

		our champion banners hang in rows
		from rafters at our college shows

		a public keep of world class
		of gymnasts summed to tiniest lass

		but then I count on all my toes


			Marek Lugowski
			2 May 1999
			Chicago, Illinois