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By Jack Joseph Smith

The Age of Reason She said she was walking Walking, "you know how it is, walking" She said Down an alley "You know how it is, even country towns have an alley" So I shot him right in the middle of the forehead, "she said" And still keep on forgetting that it makes a differance where you go, "she said"

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This page stages a casual spoken account of walking, an alley, and sudden killing to show how reason can coexist with violence.

The repeated 'she said' matters. The poem sounds almost conversational, which makes the gunshot in the middle of the forehead more chilling and reinforces the final warning that place always makes a differance.

Claude

''''The Age of Reason' -- the woman speaks in quoted refrain 'she said': 'So I shot him right in the middle of the forehead.' 'Still keep on forgetting that it makes a differance where you go.' A matter-of-fact murder confession punctuated by country-town alleys.'''