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Thank God Almighty I’m able to write to you again, mama!
Here’s hoping this letter reaches you all right, going
across the Pacific..
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Welcome to the table, gents, I'll see your I.D.s first?
Sorry, lovelies, rules are rulers, gotta expect the worst.
I hope you all know the game,..
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The sky is a black,
ugly mess tonight
Mottled with grey
bruises of smog from the city.
They mix with the fog
to blot out the moon's light..
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One way or another,
we all fall down
To the floor that
waits to watch us all slip
In that big black pit
where we don't make a sound
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Welcome to my world, she said
With a cigarette haze on
her lips
And a cat's-eye view of
all the world,
Of all the dreams you’ve
yet ..
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A thunderstorm broods overhead
As an ice cream truck goes by.
It does a pirouette on the cul-de-sac
And rolls on off out of sight.
And you say..
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Two men sit
across from each other at a table late
In the neon
night. A half-dressed lady collects her tips
As she
slides dusty glasses d..
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Leaking
From the ceiling, dripping
Forth to basins
littered on willow
Long warped in the damp ambient.
Writhing
Under
the sheet..
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They sent processions to grieveOver meThey sent morticians to fussOver meBut no one sent angels to watchOver meI'll do it myself.
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It rained that broken night
Long after the sun had set
But the light lingered
Amidst the shuffling clouds,
Masking the stars,
And lit..
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