7/23/20 E) Anti-Ghazal

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just a little after 4 am, 

again pushin’ it with this staying up late thing. 


he’s on the phone with me.

he’s asleep. we’re thousands of miles from each other.


i will not be canvasing anything other than

a love that will be free of artificiality.


sometimes, i think about my voice with feet

jumping over walls and driving outdated shit up walls.


tonight is balmy. tonight is starless. tonight...tonight…

an aged woman enjoys dinner with the memory of her man.

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