Kevin Chesser

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Who forgot to drip the taps?

Who forgot to read the meter?

Who forgot poems, and flowers?

Who forgot to say the death poems to the flowers?

Who forgot to read even one American novel?

Who forgot to join the choir of myopia?

Who forgot to tell it like it is?

Who forgot to call in from outer space?

Who forgot what a town is made of?

Who forgot I hide under your bed and you hide under mine?

Who forgot to make our drinks on the house?

Who forgot to leave a key under the mat?

Who forgot to turn off the rain?

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