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***BIO*** A Pa. native, Lester currently resides in the hills of Western New York where he lives with his two cats Geoffrey and Wyatt. His work has recently been welcomed by: Posey, Blacklisted Magazine and The New York Quarterly. He can be reached at: lesterallen@outgun.com.
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by Lester J. Allen
in the bathroom,
the sun outside
working in through the frosted
glass.
the cat sits on
my shoulders
trying to see what there is to see
while I am busy
pinching one off.

I am unable to tell
now as always
where I end and
the rest begins.

outside, through the frost
somewhere
a city pushes
into
the wood
I put my eyes there
but cannot smell
the bright expressions
of children
the moan and glorious
hump of days.

a congressman on pharisaic feet
foots the streets,
thinks himself a
minor god,

I think of him
much differently,
while staring down
into the watery bowl

wishing that the rest
of it

could be dealt with
this easily.
Mar. 2010
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