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43 THE ATTIC OF THE ATTIC for฀E. i.฀Apostrophe 1982:฀these฀are฀house฀numbers,฀and฀we฀live฀here฀together, and฀as฀the฀snow฀hits฀our฀roof฀it฀turns฀tender.฀We’re฀sealed฀off from฀ourselves฀growing฀older:฀our฀room’s฀at฀the฀top of฀a฀ladder฀we’ve฀kicked฀over.฀If฀the฀downstairs฀burns, we’ll฀rise,฀languid฀as฀bong฀water,฀closing฀our฀eyes,฀and฀the฀darkness will฀save฀us.฀Where฀will฀you฀be฀when฀the฀snow฀stops฀falling and฀Ronald฀Reagan฀forgets฀to฀tie฀his฀shoes?฀This฀attic is฀the฀attic฀of฀every฀room฀I฀will฀ever฀walk฀through:฀I’ll฀tilt฀one฀ear at฀the฀ceiling฀and฀hear฀myself฀talking฀to฀you. ii.฀Chorus In฀Attica,฀that฀fiery฀flower,฀Western฀Civ฀made฀itself฀matter— Now฀Athens฀can’t฀rid฀itself฀of฀ruins;฀feral฀cats redouble฀their฀numbers฀but฀no฀one฀can฀tell which฀are฀ghosts฀and฀which฀are฀real, and฀it’s฀not฀on฀the฀101฀exam: fur฀or฀sham?฀F฀either฀way. The฀cats฀know:฀smart or฀stoned,฀our฀words are฀arena-rock inane because฀we฀are฀not฀cats, and฀because฀we’ve฀never฀been฀hungry. ...

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