anne-collins
American
margaritas, unrequited love, art, wine bars, F. Scott Fitzgerald, cigarettes, insomnia, central park, 5'am at a lounge in midtown, 2pm at a bar in the village, Sunday morning brunch, Ralph Lauren, long walks chain smoking along, romance, sunsets, rooftops, snowflakes J. Crew, a splash of cocaine, a dash of Hemingway. That's my auto biography / / also all of these poems are about the same 6 former lovers who have been lost to the tides of impermanence. The names are just a way to connect it all, because each poem is a different chapter about the same 6 stories.
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