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126 from Secret Wars of 1984 One feels panicky, closed in. One last middle school field trip to Lake Shawnee, as Van Halen’s 1984playsonaboombox.Or,rather,whatisthere in language itself that compels and implements the rejection of closure? Our yellow house could not front against the red of the neighborhood. Over here is word, over there is thing at which word is shooting amiable love-arrows. Owner of a lonely heart. Pac-Man prepared me for my run home, zigzag blocks, ghosts after me. Poetry becomes a positive doublethink, taking in these contradictions. Poets from Kansas mythologize Kansas. Pride in the name of love. Prince plays a struggle on his guitar, out of poverty, as the movie mirrors. Punching: Only a fist Strike can cause a knockout. Purple rain. Quiet crises such as those represented by edu- cation reform, protection of the environment or prison overcrowding threaten the high quality of life we enjoy as Kansans. Red dawn. Regenerat- ing victims: If the victim has a power for regen- eration, the duration of a Knockout is much less. Republicans blame the Democrats for the reces- sion. Riding my bicycle along the radius, touch- ing Gage 4, Comics & Fantasys, Gage Park with a minitrain that circles. Ruskies boycott Olympic America. -Dennis Etzel Jr.

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