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come sleep
come put your arms around me
sweet lavender boy
lay down your sweet scent
and take me gently
away on a night's note

it surged through that night
an intense blast of energy
a blaze, a firing of flames
and vivid heat
merciless and destructive
I had to run away
and then I felt guilty
but I was on fire

whiskey stained steps strode quickly east
to the other side of the river
where home is now
why were you on my mind?
poking holes
incessantly
not letting me move
I was on fire

size fives were bolting when
I was beginning to realise I was angry
they were asking about you
and where you were
where were you?
when I was blue
on fire

the heat flowed down my face
on the last stretch home
impairing my vision
dark and alone
and all I could think of
was calling you just to say
********
you burned me down

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what can we do but dance?

when we have had our fill of anger,

why do we kick the dirt on the negative path?

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I am a constant
daydreamer
Kronos
he would be proud
of the dangerous affair
you see
I am
daydreaming
chronically so
unable to escape
the realm
I present to myself
lost
in a maze
on the way
to the endless
fantasy