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Mark Waldron - My brain is a fool
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My brain is a fool
Mark Waldron
Sitting in the plush lounge with the dim lighting,
it doesn’t know what’s happening.
It’s an ingénue, a yokel, ordering drinks shyly,
eating peanuts, licking its fat fingers.
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