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Tuesday, November 18

TOP TEN PLACES TO PANHANDLE ALONG 29 IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

#1: abandoned building/burning white pine pallet scraps/warmth against the wind
#2: we stashed machetes/near entrance in case police/try to regulate
#3: Juney’s been stealing/tarps from the big box hardware/store across highway
#4: they don’t do much good/in winter but when spring breaks/the riverside calls
#5: down in abandoned/woods nobody gives a fuck/they let us alone
#6: but bitter Blue Ridge/cold ain’t no time for wading/waiting on sunshine
#7: claiming veteran/on my cardboard but I ain’t/served nothing but shit
#8: been occupying/busy ass median strip/by the new whole foods
#9: they either avert/guilty eyes or break down while/idling at stoplight
#10: car exhaust smells like/five-dollar bills to me now/wine to build gut fire

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