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opposable thumbs won't save us from ourselves
though they've helped exaggerate the drama sliding
toward denouement without free overdraft protection
only therapists and bomb-sniffing dogs, three months
or three thousand miles, whichever comes first.
Opposable thumbs won't save us from ourselves
as your toddler shuffles in, lifts up the sheet and asks
his mommy if he can have a chipmunk, too. Little people
don't care about free overdraft protection, oblivious
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