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The Object



Whin they browt us in
tae see ye,
laid oot like that,
we wir aal teen aback.

Instead o you
hid wis a tree.
Or wis hid a stone? Or mebbe

a ker tyre or a tin o beans,
a chromatic harmonica
or a lump o coal.

We said nutheen.

Whitivver hid wis
hid didna metter.


Kevin Cormack