when you
sleep tonight
pretend
i am there
breathing
softly down
the
back of your neck
and
the morning
alarm
might not
startle like it usually does
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i only
wake
for
half-moons
and
tickled
hearts
under a fog-clock
that
returns
time
back to who offered
this
half-moon,
i didn’t
wake that old
whore,
don’t even
inale, toronto,
don’t even
breathe
vanvouver
or seattle,
we are
just gonna
hang out ‘side
the way
you scurry
pitty-pat
time bent
empty beer glasses
that
echo,
five seats
next
just figure their
hollows
and only one
white cat
fixates
i can’t
listen to
words
or the wind
i was 47
once too
and then
it was just
miles
and miles
and miles
and miles
for oscar
let wail
what do i know,
jack,
i don’t know
but
highways
tucked deep
into stone-faced
wives on
ashalt tuned
indian-drum
and
where
towns
grow balls
and start
asking for
their chemtrail
d-minors
and
i can’t even
breathe
i got a little
red corvette
in the
corner of
my eye
and if
i play it
just right -
it’ll play
a
harmony,
the likes
you
never danced
i’ll sleep
by
you
though
concrete
and willow
trees
te-ta-taaahh-tah
te-ta-tah — tah
te-ta-tah - la
maybe
it’s best i
just put
my feet
out the window
awhile
and purr
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tame the
vista
tell when
noon broke
church bell christ
knelt pew
pray
for
lost young daughters
not
turn up
blue in
parking lots
and
methadone clinic
lane ways
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my hands
find
your hips
like
dew finds
a place to rest
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every night,
for two months
i’ve been blowing kisses
before bed.
they’ve been
hitting their mark
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