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Three girls get off a train in identical t-shirts,
Watch to see who’s looking,
As a woman gets on with a giraffe on wheels,
Fingers rub faces with tired eyes,
Lips talk to themselves,
Ears reject sound,
A whistle blows,
A cold drink is sucked up a straw,

There’s an empt can down beside the pan,
An empty box,
An empty bag,
Tissue paper strewn,
Names,
Phone numbers,
Hormonal messages written on walls,
As a woman’s voice talks like a doll to a hand

 

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