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Jon Paul Fiorentino, Theory of the Loser Class (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2006): 21. PS8561 .I65 T53 2006 Robarts Library
1Don’t call me anymore
2play the video game backward
3Don’t give away the ending
4play the telephone home
5Don’t make me finish
7Don’t bother to signal
8play the text inward
9Don’t listen to the pedagogue
10play it
Notes
6] Chevette: Chevrolet's popular entry-level subcompact, introduced to North Americans in 1975, was first released in Brazil, southwards, two years earlier. Back to Line
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire / Sharine Leung
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2011
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