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,&.

he looked down
down into the depths
of his poetry well
but could see nothing
but still hopefully
he lowered his bucket
it disappeared
into inky darkness
furthest recesses
before a plash
could be heard

when later
he wound it up 
he was saddened
only to find 
a few bent commas
and a cracked full stop
but then heartened 
underneath
in the grimy silt
there lay glittering 
a  pure shining 
burnished gold 
ampersand!
,&. 


pmcmanus
q365 
for Peter Ciccariello