senryu cluster

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 downtown 
chorus of car horns in this heat

stepping outside scent of humanity in distress 

google search nothing makes not a lick of sense 

dismantling androcentricity how to use the Dewy Decimal System 

through parted blinds 
a world increasingly unfamiliar 

retreating lightning shards of peace on the ground

nearly 3am 
hearin' Howlin' Wolf's voice
thru whiskey-angst

n and out 
of sleep 
Rougarou chases me

*Rougarou/Lougarou: werewolf type being that stalks the Bayous in Creole folklore

travelin' north GPS strangely silent 

follow me beyond darkness 12 am bus arrives late 

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