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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{man ignored}
  charles c brooks III


He preens for no reason.
Age is an asshole of a bedfellow.
Happy hours pass their elasticity.
Bar stools lose their glamour.

Beauty dies throwing tantrums,
becoming sullen and jealous.
As time slides,
the less people care.