presence
		--------------------------------------------------------

		seems presence of her friends
		has everything to do with her presence
		that presence of your friends
		also does

		sitting at the dining table
		three candles going
		bare naked ladies playing
		upstairs two young ladies in pajamas
		outside -- somewhere
		she -- happy

		the presence of her friends
		our presence

		did notice
		that for such a cozy house
		full of candles cats and women
		your telephone rings
		so shrill


			Marek Lugowski
			17 October 1999
			Valley Falls, New York