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Our daylight egos
Are so quickly shed
As the moons rises
And the night thickens.
Our true feelings are felt
Deepening with the hours
Our raw, tired, vulnerable selves
Are finally free to feel
 Jun 2019 Mydriasis Aletheia
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...ebony fingers
pick the lock
on magnolia-fluted
melodies
with ivory keys...

‘Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking.’
- Nina Simone
The sun shines brighter
When you’re around
Its flare, skin’s sustenance
Coaxing your June freckles
To breach the surface
So that each one is met
With the warmth of love’s kiss
Unmatched by labyrinth ribbons
Of luminous passion
Wound sound around our souls
Life’s star, a neat bow
Wrapping us in an embrace
Of everlasting glow
She leads with her
chin. Delicate as it
is. Bent slightly,
moving haltingly
with elbows at
sharp angles.

Do not be fooled
by her jarring,
reckless gait.

She is an
undeniable
force.
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