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      • DEATH COMES IN AS FOG (FOR RAY HUTTON--1998)
      • MY DEAR OLD EUROPE
      • EFFICIENCY
      • INVISIBLE GIFTS
      • SOME BREAKFASTS I HAVE KNOWN
      • LOOKING AT A SMALL TREE KNOT
      • A FLOWER CALLED WORRY
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      • FEAR OF DEATH
      • DEPOLARIZATION PROGRAM
      • DEPOLARIZATION continued
      • DEPOLARIZATION
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      • A POEM
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      • AGING & AGEISM
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Monday, August 11, 2008

EFFICIENCY

World War II
Coal severely rationed

Modest Zurich apartment
Small corner stove
Keeps us cozy  warm
With unrationed wood

In tiny stove oven
Rice pudding simmers

On lines behind
Damp towels hang

Up on top
Orange peels dry
Scent entire room
Posted by Tonia at 9:58 AM

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