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heather mchugh

and what do you get
heather mchugh
Excise the er from exercise. Or from 
example, take the ex out: now it’s bigger;
to be lonely, take the amp out
and replace it with an i. Take am or me 
away from name 
and suddenly there’s not 
much left, the name’s one out of many names

for naught. Eleven tons of hidden work
are always lurking inside words. In English or 
analysis (the cons turned pro, among the -fessions)
take in and out
of mind and you’ve

got someone who delivers you a bill.
Take double you from anybody’s will-
a skew, a skid - and all
is terrifying-
take the the from 

therapist, split accent with an id-
posted: june 17, 2005 | 10:22 am