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Table of Contents	LOST IN LINGERIE I think I may be in the wrong department escalator? elevator? stairway? up? down? sideways? or just remain in Security?         Dale Kaplan > ©Redheaded Mermaid by Patricia Carragon	DOCILE May I think of you from time to time? Just asking permission. Dale Kaplan ________________________________ BLESSING OF THE NEIGHBORS Chaim is my new color Morris included at no extra charge. Dale Kaplan	CHINATOWN Is Wo Hop beginner's Chinese food? Is Dr. Wong beginner's acupuncture? I guess I never grew up. "26" Your hair recollects 26 Your eyes 25 Your sweet aura 24 (a) The best love years of my life. Dale Kaplan__	ELEVATOR 1 Ascension, descension descension, ascension, descension Our friendship got stuck between floors Will it start again? Or shall I call the super?                 Dale Kaplan ELEVATOR 2 I ran into Willie on the elevator He asked about you on the elevator I told him you stopped talking to me on the elevator We disembarked from the elevator And proceeded to take the stair                 Dale Kaplan