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Three things are essential
to become
a successful Pickpocket:
1) Knowing how to be
SINCERE
2) Knowing how to exude
WARMTH
3) Mastering the 37 Ways
of
HUGGING PEOPLE
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© Hooda Helami ©
Alter Ego #142857
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After Dr. Raft's extensive comment on Hooda Helami's poem about poetry,
ReplyDeletemy psychoanalyst convinced me to make
a "double confession"with qualifiers
1) I was named after a pickpocket and became a teacher.
Had the reverse been true, I would now be
both retired and wealthy
2) Margaret Atwood's THE TESTAMENTS inspired
both this and the previous page.
There is no way accurate measuring stick
for the influence of a substitute mother
-Oliverio