Souvenirs
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	"I'll make a meal of him," Melissa said,
 	while opening the envelope, "Some knee,
	last week, a slice of tongue and lip. His head
	is lost without the bits he sent to me." 

	Melissa sags a bit below her chin
	and waits.  The silent phone sits on its hook,
	its jangled ting-a-ling has become thin.
	She reads his letter, stores it in a book.

	"If he sends another eye, how will
	he see?" Melissa said. "I have the right
	to know."  She puts his toe upon the sill
	with other souvenirs, just out of sight.


				Karen Tellefsen
				kat2@mindspring.com

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