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Avi my son
Holding the two faces
For me to accept
Desires to be a psychologist
In the full and depthful sense
Of the word
How long will it take
How many therapy sessions
'To learn the secret
That
Love and Death
Hold each others hand
While
Fear and Anger
Also two close friends
Scratch out
Their own musical ways
To keep
Fearful Ego
From going near
That most
Frightful pair.

Irwin R. Shaw - October 12th 1982