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finger creases wrapped round mug handles
a faucet dripping metronome style
into a dish soap filled cooking pot

I stepped two in line with the tiles of a pharmacy
head down looking for a pink box with negative plus signs

fade to grey against dead tree branches

and a donut store wrapper floating down the sidewalk

finger creases wrapped round mug handles
a faucet dripping metronome style
into a dish soap filled cooking pot

I stepped two in line with the tiles of a pharmacy
head down looking for a pink box with negative plus signs

fade to grey against dead tree branches

and a donut store wrapper floating down the sidewalk

pressure released
the idea of permanence a s h e d o u t

it was winter and it was a cold bleak beautiful
three blankets piled on my queen sized mattress
charcoal pencils and bent electrical plugs
strawberry blonde stuck to my puma jacket

I miss the buzz of flies for the first time in my life

pressure released
the idea of permanence a s h e d o u t

it was winter and it was a cold bleak beautiful
three blankets piled on my queen sized mattress
charcoal pencils and bent electrical plugs
strawberry blonde stuck to my puma jacket

I miss the buzz of flies for the first time in my life

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