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Harold's Education

from In Midtown by David Hakan

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Harold’s Education

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Harold lived in the suburbs on a culdesac, 4-bedroom white and brown.
He was good at his work, no dummy, ran the best pharmacy in town.
His nephew was reading some poetry in a basement cafe by the tracks
in a district where trains still crossed the streets and stained the walls sooty black.

Eup5 E
This is Harold’s education.
Will he believe his eyes?
Can he see thru the quirkiness
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to the spirit and bones tangled inside?

It was a Monday night at 11 o’clock. It was packed and more streaming in.
There was stuff on the walls that somebody called art, concrete floors and
welcoming grins.
The coffee was the best he'd ever tried, but he still felt a bit out of place.
The youngsters had weird cuts and colors of hair and rings coming out of their face.

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A girl came by and talked of her clan. He asked "Was it a cult she was in?"
His nephew laughed & said, “Don’t worry, she’s just a pagan witch & a good friend."
He knew he could leave now with the poetry read, could leave and never look back.
But he read “Walking Around” at the microphone and bowed as everyone clapped.

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Words And Music By David B. Hakan 1-14-97

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from In Midtown, released June 22, 1999

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