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we are at the zoo when<\/p>\n
your doctor calls you<\/p>\n
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talk about the lump i<\/p>\n
fill gaps from a half<\/p>\n
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conversation\u00a0\u00a0 sun beats<\/p>\n
on our bare heads\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 i<\/p>\n
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think of cancer nervous<\/p>\n
meerkats sit up take<\/p>\n
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notice as you ask a<\/p>\n
phone do I need an<\/p>\n
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ultrasound\u00a0 we all turn<\/p>\n
heads inquisitively<\/p>\n
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awaiting an answer<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 rob walker<\/p>\n
First published on Justin Lowe\u2019s bluepepper blog,\u00a0 Feb 2011.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/bluepepper.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/new-poetry-by-rob-walker_14.html<\/a><\/p>\n Also in tropeland<\/a> (Five Islands Press) 2015<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" we are at the zoo when your doctor calls you talk about the lump i fill gaps from a half conversation\u00a0\u00a0 sun beats on our bare heads\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 i think of cancer nervous meerkats sit up … Continue reading