my vote is for ekateerina
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		eekaterina ekaterina

		my vote is for ekatereena
		my heart pounds it punches through
		the misty reminiscences dissolve to sylvan-fuzzy
		the anxieties of an incipient meeting buzz
		the ancient names of the new or already translucent girls
		are palpably close clouds that strand fast
		smudging over the airfoil -- the anticipation incarnate.

		also:  those stranded sounds of remorse in scotland
		now deafly colorless furious red line train stop ideas
		on the chicago el -- argyle thorndale berwyn bryn mawr
		(no foster)
		my vote is for my vote is

		for ekateerina

		the roots of her brown brown hair
		the liquid mirror curve in her brown brown eyes
		dark-lashed to binding slender eros
		in illinois.  in iowa.  in ohio.  a smalltown smalltalk girl
		in honey baked ham sugar in homeytown a lady of our feast
		our supperbowl soul of sugar.  oh oh say can you see, man?

		and in some ways i miss the misses the most
		when i am spent and desire nothing

		the chill -- like a cat -- glowers from the windowsill

		my vote is for ekatarina
		may she've won it all may she've done it all
		by the time her time is...

		twenty years -- twenty years to old age.
		grace.  grace under pressure.
		a celebration of touchdowns and pick-up games.
		promises of emergences everywhere.
		emergence.  emergence.  everybody to get from street.
		the russians are up and coming.  with a name like that...

		i love erin.  i adore basia.  i collect jennifers.
		allison's warm and nice.

		but my vote is for eekaatarina.

			Marek Lugowski
			12, 27 January 1999
			Chicago, Illinois