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he smelled

like
rotten fruit,
but he was interesting,

and
she never
knew what he
was gonna do next

and
that was more
than a little bit cool.

her dad
always told her
to add up the good
and the bad about a person,

and Tony
was good with the kid
and he never drank that much

or
ever
raised a hand
and when she did the math,

the
smell
was no big deal.