here
at this fixed distance
and the lights are fixed there
in the permanently imminent night
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I know there are other cities
                        other hours
where you can watch the lights
copying themselves
         all neoned and strobe-hearted
â´
I know all our yesterdays have lighted fools
the way to dusky death
â´
Today the reflected window
seems stupid
and too bright
replacing smoke with the pale sky
and the tree
            its bare branches
a cracking explosion
no eye could resist
â´
to justify desires with omens
â´
to walk away before the morning ends
â´
Iâm counting my life
Iâm counting the buildings
one   one   two
â´
If you are in the center it means
every edge you can imagine
is the very same distance away
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If this is my home
        If this is my screen
If these are my books
             imagined companions
â´
This is the city
I can describe it
     black
with power
an electricity
forced into light
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Vernon Street
At that time they made
the telephone in order
to say
  Come here
I need you
          and nothing
has changed except
here now you are
and I
 in order in
the order
thatâs arranged this child
who passes now
     and answers
an unheard question
            It means
when your life is bad
and you are dying
you are running down a hill
going
  and then the boy screams
Next time I will live
my life in alphabetical order
Come here I need you
There are ways
    to settle down
Thereâs an accidental light
the grass is showing
and my cat
          is so sad
that the house right now
divides us
         He is in
the window crying
but I am needed outside
where I have
ordered myself
   where I half
expect your voice
to turn me over
     and up
there the quiet sky the plane
is bringing noise to
above my head and in it
I need to show
you this
      Come here come here
Summer
Today you find yourself guilty
as the rim you split
an egg against
You press charges
You spell out your name
like the letters are medals
for good conduct in a bad war
The night moves in with you
into your room
until even your sleep
is not your own
Through the window
the grass tells you
to give up
and you are trying
but on the other hand
things keep you:
the moon, the cars, cars
You undress yourself
more deeply down
like this is the way
to get to the future
You let the darkness
medically examine you
So much canât be
put back together
To burn the house down
to burn the house up
Itâs the same problem
in any direction
Youâre matter
You turn on the light
Realistic Flowers
At the dollar store I bought
a bouquet of fake flowers
and what could have been
but somehow (incredibly) wasnât
It only cost $2 but still
that did not help
       I planted
the flowers among actual flowers
b/c what else can you do
I was so happy I could have
torn your head apart
I Am Glad of Your Arrival
Addressing the morning I say
it was good of you to come
                     as if
it were the sole visitor amidst scandal
when in fact
             it has been endless
with the trees and grass and cars
and the cowbell someoneâs using
as a wind chime
      in the winds
just remnants of the storm
that wouldnât stay
         I have thought
to