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lost in place

     (In a time)

lost where there

     (Of crisis)

should be

     (People must)

comfort not

     (band together)

loss

     (And hope)

lost

     (To better)

where

     (Their state)

"ignorant

     (By communal)

armies"

     (Action)

lost

     (Without such)

neither

     (Action)

here

     (There is a tendency)

nor

     (To sense)

there

     (The self as)

lost

     (Lost)

where I am mis-

     (The individual)

placed

     (Can do nothing)

where I do not

     (But there is no)

thrive

     (Guarantee)

learning

     (That the group)

to live

     (Will not be)

lost

     (...Lost)

Jack Foley's books include the poetry collections, "Gershwin," "Exiles," and "Adrift" as well as the companion critical volumes, "O Powerful Western Star" (winner of the Artists' Embassy Literary/Cultural Award) and "Foley's Books." His radio show, "Cover to Cover," is heard every Wednesday on Berkeley, CA station, KPFA; his column, "Foley's Books," appears weekly in the online magazine, "The Alsop Review."

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