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I MISSING PERSON for my father I. SCENES FROM THE LIFE. ‘A child may ask when our strange epoch pases During a history lesson, “Please sir, what's ‘An intelectual of the middle dasses? is he a maker of ceramic pots (Or does he choote his ing by drawing los” ‘What follows now may set him on the rail A plain, perhaps caudionary tale W.H. Auden, Letter to Lord Byron House Full I's a shocker. Keep sil. [Blood crawls from a crack Keep sil. Is all happening. Ws pear 1 your saviour. Tes quiet mircor with hair allover bor toa middle lass mother, God's gift for further reflection, There's trouble outside: ‘crowds, stammering guns, the sea screaming from side t side 2 For The First Time On Your Screen MISSING JACK A slave's revolt and fal His fist ery with his mother, his last look with a wall — fo round-up by sume, no ial corral — his wit wich is friend, his seed with fugitive bodies ar settled 3k armchairs now ething with other men’s children No one believes [amp cuts here from mother to mistress and back]

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