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Nash, Edith / Practice the here and now: selected writings of Edith Nash
(2001)
Nash, Edith
The changing of places, pp. 50-51
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The Changing Of Places50 The electric control For the blanket on my side of the bed Doesn't go on, has burned out. A friend came to help me Turned the blanket over— Attached the control From my husband's side And now it goes on.... We used to argue About the police I said they were awful I would never get in the car With five cops, No matter what. My husband said Police had been helpful In the small Wisconsin town Where he grew up They made him feel safe When he was little "Cossacks," I said. We were having a drink Outdoors at the hotel At the foot of Central Park It's next door to Rumpelmayers' I can't remember its name. Most of a lifetime later We sat on the sidewalk Next to Rumpelmayers' And I said the police were good, Reliable, faced with serious problems
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