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from the December 20, 2006 edition

'Free With Every Purchase' and 'Dressy'

By Steve Benson
Free With Every Purchase

Overnight first frost
furnished even common weeds
beauty at no cost.

Dressy

Hills leave their clay feet
in the lake all year. Winter
brings their glass slippers.

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