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Been to the tanning salons, the gift shops; the clothing stores;
the second chance thrift; the courthouse; the police headquarters;
the prison; the DMV? Haven't bought gas or a six pack at Sugarcreek?
Never voted for a town resolution? Nor sat on a bench waiting for
the greyhound or the town bus? Never scrubbed messy apartments
all summer long and paid less rent for the year?
Never been to Wadsworth Library or The Historic Society off-campus?
The archives room at Mline or the attic at Frasier dusting ancient magazines?
Never been to the planetarium at Greene? The copy center at Welles?
The television center in Newton Hall; at least its old picture exhibit-
one with Theodore Roosevelt flying supreme on a horse;
or of the old football team, dating back a hundred years, that included
one black student named "Ben"?
Is there a simple poet who never saw purpose?