Poetry at Sangam

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HOW TO DISTINGUISH A FABRICATION FROM A LIE by Andrei Guruianu

Some tell stories
of those who had
so little
they would
count
sugar crystals
for coffee.

Which presupposes
the existence of both.
And they
never
mention
the milk.

Never
the milk
that child
had to do
without.

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