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8 class: autocento 8 class: autocento
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10 10
11Your casserole dish takes the longest: \ 11| Your casserole dish takes the longest:
12it has some baked-in crust from when you \ 12| it has some baked-in crust from when you
13cooked chicken last night. Washing it \ 13| cooked chicken last night. Washing it
14allows me to think about this poem's title \ 14| allows me to think about this poem's title
15and the first few lines. Now that I've \ 15| and the first few lines. Now that I've
16written them down, I've [forgotten the rest][]. 16| written them down, I've [forgotten the rest][].
17 17
18While scraping at something with my finger- \ 18| While scraping at something with my finger-
19nail, I catch myself wondering again whether \ 19| nail, I catch myself wondering again whether
20you'll thank me for washing your dishes. \ 20| you'll thank me for washing your dishes.
21I realize that this would defeat the point \ 21| I realize that this would defeat the point
22of my gesture, that this has destroyed \ 22| of my gesture, that this has destroyed
23all good thoughts I've had about saying 23| all good thoughts I've had about saying
24 24
25"I'm sorry." This, [this is the reason][] why \ 25| "I'm sorry." This, [this is the reason][] why
26I am always apologizing: because I never \ 26| I am always apologizing: because I never
27mean it, because there is always, in [some \ 27| mean it, because there is always, in [some
28attic][attic], a thought roaming that says, insists: \ 28| attic][attic], a thought roaming that says, insists:
29 29
30"I've done nothing wrong, and I deserve \ 30| "I've done nothing wrong, and I deserve
31all I can take, and more than that." 31| all I can take, and more than that."
32 32
33[this is the reason]: http://plagiarist.com/poetry/1703/ 33[this is the reason]: http://plagiarist.com/poetry/1703/
34[forgotten the rest]: elegyforanalternateself.html 34[forgotten the rest]: elegyforanalternateself.html