Nice review of my work here: http://outlawpoetry.com/2009/11/11/todd-moore-the-gold-cane-van-goghs-ear-and-the-gun-in-the-casket-wandering-down-this-crooked-road/

And okay to all that.

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Okay,
Father Luke

Well, I only deal with professionals, she said.

And by professionals, she meant of course, those who had become part of the game. She meant those with whom a great deal of time, attention, and money had been spent on furthering their education. She only dealt with those few.

I held my hat in my hand, and I nodded.

Then I turned to the door, and I walked away.

here’s what I think about you,
she began

whenever it begins like that,
i know i’m in for a long ride

when it was done,
then she began telling me
about herself.

but by that time
i already knew a lot about her
from what she had already told me about myself

i never played the game
the way the other kids played it

there were always so many of them
and only just the one of me

they knew how to laugh
and while they were getting along with one another,
i was busy doing things by myself

it’s that way still

the game hasn’t changed much
i still enjoy being by myself

and the others are laughing
and getting along with one another

there are so many of them
and just one of me