Midget with a Stick
the Midget with a stick
coughed cacophonous all night from the dog-tent
next door under the banyan tree
in the morning it poked Christina through the tent
with it's stick
and unrolled a long shadow across our hiding heads
Armani was was the midget's name
a toothless ten year-old
that ate roosters for breakfast
and asked for homework.
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