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poetry and prose by stephen chute
Saturday, September 9, 2023
looking in the mirror
the grocery
clerk
looks down at my
selection
of groceries, then
looks up
at me.
there's something she
wants to say
about my one
tomato,
my half quart of milk,
and a single
steak.
but she doesn't.
perhaps she's looking
in the mirror
and not at me.
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About Me
Stephen Chute
west springfield, virginia, United States
these are all FICTIONAL stories and characters and are in no way representative of any real experiences in my or anyone else's life. any similarities are purely coincidental, except for the dog poems.
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