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Little Brown Lies

When 
she used
to
try to
scare you saying
how would
you
feel if you happened
to be
in a car wreck
without
wearing fresh
under-
wear what 
she
didn't want you
to know
was 
how when her Uncle 
Baxter
fell off 
his 
Farmall
and it ran over him
he didn't
hardly bleed
at all
but there was 
so much
shit
running down 
his britches
the first responders  
declared 
him  
a goner 
without taking
the time 
to take his pulse

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