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On the balcony the rain felt gentle on my face and across the street in a window I noticed two figures embraced. The clouds had not yet passed above me and the night was still as dreadful as it had ever been.
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Snow was falling. People passed by the window and wore large coats. Inside, Alex stood in front of the window and watched.
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“Time heals all wounds,” they tell me,
But it has yet to ease the aching pain
That chills my thoughts and heart
Unprepared for further torment.
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... must we turn again (and again)/
to an orchestra stripped of wind and drum?
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If you’ve still got the whole watermelon in your mouth,
At least spit out the seeds so you and I can talk
Like we used to
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The Rapture comes and goes unannounced in carbonated soda bubbles spicing the air.
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No jagged bits of crust were thrust up/
through the prairie’s black gumbo
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A bum leaves his shopping cart
in the middle of the intersection
at 7th Ave and Perry St
and walks away
leaving everything behind
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Like puddles when it rains,
like relationships in chains.
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hello they say the rite of passage is falling in love and i didn't believe that until now. you took one look at my broken smile and showed up with your thread and needle and your mortar and sugar and took to work. you poured mortar on my mouth and sugar over my lips…
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No jagged bits of crust were thrust up/
through the prairie’s black gumbo/
to give us cataclysmic mountain views.
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Go diddle in the sand//
to save some other sinner/
a death of stones.
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What I want to know is
If the chickens start up with the turkey in the soup
Do we just end up with a bunch of church-keys?
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Remember his coat and tie,/
remember his collar, starched and white/
despite humidity and river stench.
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Never again will my body stay as you want it.
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