howard good
|  | 1. JUST LIKE EDGAR ALLEN POE'S BLUES
I found my heart wandering
the streets of Baltimore,
penniless,
raving unintelligibly,
dressed in someone else's clothes.
It was coming from a funeral,
or going to one,
and when I omitted to ask whose,
it was gone.
But, all these years later,
mere acquaintances
continue to receive letters
begging for $10 for the fare home.
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