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drippy eye

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      when       i       was       little
i       used       to       say       i       had       this       thing

      called
             drippy eye

and       so      
      when       it       looked       like       i       was

crying

i really wasn't
      it       was       just       my

                                               drippy eye

      playing up. first trip
away       from       home
                                                they       all      
                                                                     took       it       in       turns
      to       call       home

from       the
      hotel       phone. when       i       was
             passed
                    the       receiver
             i       stood
                                  with       my       smiling       face
                    and       my       drippy       eye
and       shook
my head.
i don't get homesick,       i       said.




He asked me if I missed you.       i       said       no
      i       had
gotten       used       to


                                                              you


      not       being

around, by now,
and       it       wasn't       like

      we       ever       called       each       other
like
lovers       anyhow. He
      turned
                    around
                                         from       my
                                                                     smiling       face, not       a
      plumber
                           by trade,
                                  his       hand       trying       to       wrench       tight
      the       gaps
on       the
                    leaking
                    tap.  

 
i
      don't
      get      
                    homesick, i said,
      don't
                    ever      
                                  call
                           when       i'm       away
      and       if       you
ever
      think to ask,
      i'll say

      it's nothing,
                           it's       just

      my
             blasted

                                         drippy


                                                       eye


      playing      

up
                                  again.
(06/09/14)

Kids believe in drippy eye.
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