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Samuel Menashe
September 16, 1925 – August 22, 2011 / New York City
Heat Wave
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Sheets entangle him
Naked on his bed
Like a toppled mast
Slack sails bedeck
At sea, no ballast
For that even keel
He cannot keep—
No steering wheel
As he falls asleep
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