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matthew shugart


I was watching an out of town poet read his work

a middle aged woman sat in front of me with
her young child and
her husband who makes it painfully obvious that
he doesn't want to be here
the middle aged woman is here to receive extra credit
for an english class she is taking

the child sits between husband and wife
eating granola bar
speaking quietly
too young to understand what the poet is talking about he
talks to the mother
who is enjoying her five extra credit points
and is married to the man on the other side of the young child
the man who keeps nodding off in his tight jean jacket that
reads the name of a local drywalling company

the middle aged mother passes a note to the child which reads
I love you
the child writes I loved you back with his shaky hand
and passes
it to his middle aged mother who smiles
and looks over to dad who is thinking
what a pussy
his son is becoming

it's the best work of the evening

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