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reprayer
gnormal
1	1
She'd watch her bakelite	2
phone at home for fun	3
for hours she wrung- suddenly...	4

lifts herself, the receiver,	5
to hello It expectantly...	6

That "hello" she said "To me,"	7
so many times a day	8
a prayer in any sense	9
a wire,	10
a way.	11

2	12
He said he didnt pray	13
but onto glowing glass	14
like the Light of Day	15
he cast his wishes away	16

on a cool glass tube	17
kerned to perfection	18
like a song. no. like a sing.	19
Wasnt that the same thing?	20

And if praying he asked	21
is talking to your head,	22
to your own thinning air,	23
and what's the difference there,	24
then type It into being.	25
Type 'er right in, stead.	26

3	27
Years ago on the ledge	28
of a high cement wall,	29
late in the fall	30
forgotten walkie-talkie	31
perfect for prayer	32
just sitting there.	33
No breakfast.	34
My faith was thin	35
but 9v battery	36
rusted right in.	37
When White noise cracked	38
from the thumbwheel	39
built for my thumb to feel	40
i knew i was in!	41

And it took me to the field	42
with my kite, and i said to It,	43
A little stronger from the East.	44
Over.	45

And out of my east	46
ass in the grass	47
I felt my string tug. Oh...	48
Dear God	49
pulled my finger. And even	50
now my fingers say	51
so.	52
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