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Some things I like 
for the language of them:
Plant cell division
for xylem and phloem.
Catholicism for
extreme unction,
limbo, purgatory,
and Sister Mary Pious.

I could love a human
for vascular and cranium.
And though portent of trouble,
free radical begs affection,
like James Dean
with a cigarette.

It's why I'm a philatelist
so I can say that word.


First appeared in the Spring 2014 issue of the "The Tower Journal" online magazine. 

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