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		Poems by Jeanne Marie Beaumont
		R.S.V.P.

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Burning of the Three Fires
by Jeanne Marie Beaumont

(June 30, France) i I set the cookbook on fire by holding it close to the reading lamp ii I began the reading lamp fire by holding it close to romance iii I lit the romance by holding it close to the cookbook


Copyright © 2011 by Jeanne Marie Beaumont. Reprinted from Burning of the Three Fires with the permission of BOA Editions.