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Two weeks later, and we’re at the bank again,

again in line, again waiting as the tellers call up

 

servers still in uniform, shop owners, secretaries

whose makeup had faded early in the afternoon,

 

and who—away from anything that required

they maintain an appearance—are not concerned

 

that their hair is disheveled, that their skirts

are askew, that the band aids, bloodied from

 

the blisters on their ankles, are flaring from

the backs of their heels.…

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