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  Newspaper

John Grey
 

 
 
He grabs the sports
while the ink's still warm.
She reads the front page.
The bastards lost, he sighs.
We lost three men, she bellows.
Then they switch sections.
It was only a game, she says.
They had it coming, he adds.

 

 

 

  

John Grey is an Australian born poet, playwright, musician.  His latest book is What
Else Is There (Main Street Rag). His work has recently appeared in Terminus, Eclipse and Hidden Oak.

 

 

 

 

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