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Invocation of the Squid
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33 Invocation of the Squid Note: the term Squid is alternately high school slang meaning the same thing as Square or Nerd, only more so. O halfseen mover of the wounded chair, before authors of Hit and Homework. O sugar-pin guard of youth, wide asleep in the anxious hall of Run O eel killer of the public library O fruit peeler O stupid O boy O touch O tentacle O please not now O now, while coral fronds are eloquent of paper fish and fortune tellers while secret is your gasping note, your portrait, your sticky oracle of Cutthroat word and gesture, while blue O wall-eyed arrow O liar O cheat O frightened thief, come by here and be old. 34 This page intentionally left blank. ...