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62 Indispensable Intruders Those fingers which dial “emergency” When the underworld cut off your phone line. Those fast feet which appear with assistance When your flag is up with an S……O.…..S. Those empathetic mouths which bear witness To the truth of your innocence. But Those curious ears which stick to your walls And suck up scraps of your closet stories. Those prying eyes which follow your shadow Even when you shut them out with opaque blinds. Those sharp noses that inhale your hot oven And trail it right to your dinner table. Yes They are the blisters in your new trainers And the iodine that heals your fresh wound. They are the nicotine in your cigar sticks That swells your ego but kill your body. They are present even when your breath flees They who are faithful like death. 20/02/07 ...

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