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Bluffo in Rome
poor Bluffo arriving in Rome
with solemn face as though
he understood the depth
of the man he cannot even
kneel to honor
he’s all talk
there is no caring; there should be no trust
senryu
his gutter, moral
he loathes poverty’s milieu
cheats you with his words