I tried to think about the arrival in my snail mailbox
of catalogs that I did not request
from manufacturers of _____expensive clothing in natural colors and materials,
("Ample, supple, pliant, plush - cotton knits
....To don them is to feel relaxed")
but all I could think of was _____the smell of bratwurst in the street,
and the way that Gunter looked at me
on the day that we met.

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