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His name is Alex.

Alex is a poet. No one knows it.

Most people call him Al. (The first truncation)

I met him one morning at the counter of Elsie's Diner.

Looking toward him and the woman he had been talking with, I declared, "I just love this place!"

The young man, dressed in a red tee-shirt, a red cap upon his head,

looked directly at me and he said . . . . "I love this place too!"

As if to say, "I love this place so much, . . . " he continued,

"I wish I was the person in the picture on the cover of the menu."

Immediately I exclaimed, "Alex! "This young chap Alex is a poet!"

The woman sitting next to Alex, one of the local old-timers, retorted flippantly.

"He's narcissistic!"

Thus, I've proved my point. I've made my case.

Alex is a poet, and noone knows it!



Alternative Title: Truncated People Poets

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Elsies on Main Street, Goshen, 2009