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Summer 1988 • Vol. X No. 3 • Poetry |

In Irishtown

By Ben Howard

He is taking her to task
On the front porch, their quarrel
Traveling the sidewalk.

Embarrassed by his reddened
Cheeks, his trembling jowls,
His whining accusations,

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