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Gold Rush (On Disposing of an Old Sofa)
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63 Gold Rush (On Disposing of an Old Sofa) What natural or man-made wonders will we Prospect in those crevasses and gullies, Boulders blotted blue as soggy lilacs With lichen and cloud shadow? It’s all free: So dive a palm down into warm valleys Of cushion, sift through crumbs, lint, old snacks. Ore shed by decades of simple couch life: Dental floss, Scrabble vowels, such nostalgia! Monopoly hat, racy red brassiere, Condom wrapper, super ball, pocketknife; Star Wars action figure (a lost Jawa), A fist of loose change, enough for a beer, Proof that nothing in life gets very far: The mother lode, an unopened Mars bar. ...