Tennessee Baptismal Font ... Two Years + Nine Days Ago

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It would have been sufficient

to swim two laps:

two transitional laps

After 400 interstate miles
in a six-wheeled truck
(twice the size of visible pick-up)
I needed to be cleansed
before showering, shaving
and sleeping in a hotel bed

I swam eight laps.
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6 wheels
   400 miles
8 laps
+
1 crime

We smuggled two cats
into our hotel room
without paying
the pet-surcharge.

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