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Is it a a a lean-to grass-shingled collecting the season’s rain in in in in oil drums?
Does a a a a small dog circle it howling back at the wind?
A coal-patch shotgun leanly built the the the the weight of it hollowing a a mountain?
Do the the the the passing trains fan the the the the clothes dry on
the the the the line?
So many questions Of Of principal Of Of interest Of a a school bus emptied of its seats ringed with tarpaulin and and woodsmoke and beyond new ground being cleared Is it a a a a subway shanty hand built in the hidden hidden tunnel of a a hidden hidden station?
Whose Whose is is the the hammer that that keeps keeps it it standing? Whose is the hunger that keeps keeps it filled?
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