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For the Price of a Song

It would have been interesting to parlay the returns
but that was not in the cards, which had inadvertently

been turned over in haste to the authorities.
Could we have done something to prevent this?

To better demonstrate our commitment?
I don't think so.

The gas station attendant though vigilant did not see
the big rig slipping into the empty bay.

But why not? Was it simply a question of size
or were the facts twisted beyond recognition?

I guess we'll never know.
The price of produce would have risen anyway

in conjunction with the tide
while efforts to curtail the unionization of stamp collectors

would again have gone unnoticed. Think of the injustice
spawned by the snap of a finger, the curl of a lip,

to say nothing of the energy expended
on what later turned out to be a whimsical theme.