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Fortune Teller

Sarah Henry

Someone you know has stolen
a piece of your clothing
and put a curse on you
resolutely. You are not
protected by good spirits.
This means staying at home
for a month. Send me
forty pins and forty dollars
so I can burn candles
and pray for your release.
You have something
going for you but
you don’t know it.
You sew a fine seam.
You are allergic to
something you eat or drink.
The three psychopaths
in my office today
don’t deserve your gratitude
for small favors.
The glass globe on my desk
is not a paperweight.
Anxious customers at
the door live on hope.
I know which darts
hit their bull’s-eyes
and the way a needle
goes in search of an addict.

A customer said many
of our worst fears are never
realized. She died of
blunt force trauma.
You have some things
going for you: reserve
and attentiveness.
You make a good listener.

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