I spent nine miles with her.
in a cheap apartment.
Boxed wine and cheeses with exotic sounding names.
Eaten on a blanket on the floor as we had no table.
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She wore faux fox furs
dyed blue,
she said it matched her purple hair.
and ate nothing but Ramen noodles with miracle whip.
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I know you;
You are the reoccurring dream I have had
since childhood.
The one that leaves me exhausted all day the next day,
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The police are raiding the hotel room next door.
A lot of shouting and flashing lights.
Lights that play optical illusions with her naked body.
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I am waiting for the world to explode
I am waiting for the oceans to exceed their grasps.
I am waiting for you to start carving flaming words in to the air
with a silver forked tongue.
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This city is full of animals.
Base and depraved.
Scavengers dressed in suits and ties,
women looking like panthers but attacking like rats.
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We sat on the floor,
surrounded by obsolete maps.
Planning our 'great escape'
to places that no longer have names.
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Sometimes I wonder
what has happened to all the lost souls
I have known through the years...
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On another planet
in another lifetime
we could have been something.
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I have plagiarized your flesh a hundred times or more.
With words
with paint,
even with bone and paper mache sculptures.
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