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JIM COHN


Budget Solution


Instead of cutting teachers,

I dreamed the states cut large portions of the

National Anthem to balance the budget.


During the entire housing crisis,

I heard no news about Native American

Reservation foreclosures.


Once upon a time, the grandmothers

Were flat-chested, as is true of everyone.

They ran through city streets in wedding dresses


To campaign against domestic violence.

Their skin was inhumanely beautiful.

They died with no wrinkles.



7 March 2011