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Friday, February 13, 2009

The Motel of Loose Stars

Out of the chainsmoke lounge
the desperado tango
              on the whalebone balcony
in three time

              the same tempo that rattles your
                                                intake manifold

                              to be left like a stain on the
              velvet wallpaper when the
                                                temperature drops
              & the veins of memory
                              perform their balancing act
                                                                on a piano wire
                                                that runs the length of your
                                                                                        incidental shame

One elegant high surf advisory & I’m
              ditching euphoria for a plate of nails

polishing rainpuddles in my sleep