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Just the Other Day, Honest!

Just the other day,
I unstirred my coffee, then
I put toothpaste back in the tube, so,
I was feeling pretty good, and
I remembered that day, that
day I poked fun at you,
what you said about your weight,
and your way of saying, awright,
or was that another day? Well,
I didn’t mean it. I was joking, but
it wasn’t funny. Well,
I didn’t say them,
the clocks ran backward, and
fish flew in the sky.

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E.H. Jacobs is a New England-based psychologist and writer. His novel, Splintered River, was published this fall. His work has appeared in several literary journals. He has published two books in psychology, book reviews for the American Journal of Psychotherapy, and served on the clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School.

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