no night is the same

and no heat is the same

when

the constants i counted on

my fingers

one through ten

one night

in royal oak michigan

no night is the same

in black and white stripes

side stepped through

the steel colored bars

no cold is the same

i came here

blues bristled van gogh caliber

missing an

ear

for the days when

no night is the same

cuz it’s you

it’s you