3 wives = 3 stars = * * *
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		after burning.  after burning 'imself
		he got smaller.  turned bluish not-fish.

		gave birth to
		an egg, two.  hot & stuffy
		so cold was being cold just so.  north of milwaukee in a
		juicy lucy -- fried curds and onion sticks and fries
		deep fried for ages and yet so fresh just like his
		last 3 years sentenced to off-line
		electrode-bathed in solitudes

		was not yet ready.  and now? sometimes
		he drinks, at times, sometimes he drinks, yes, he does
		drinks bottom-up quick open-throat.  two-cupped water.
		rarer -- coca cola  with seltzer water -- still rarer --
		bud-wiser ...from a bottle -- rarest: pilsner...

		and the black birds crow for him, to him, listen to him
		and this is overpainting most cordial, most comely
		like golden reds on brown- or hazel-eyed brown-hair girl.
		this here.  once.  twice.  many.  ace of cups.  ace of
		wands.  ace of fire.  king of wands.  king of snakes:
		five black of fair in love and ardor.  only fair.

		for here and forever.
		...urquell.

			Marek Wojtek Lugowski
			21 November -- 6 December 1998
			Evanston -- Chicago, Illinois