We used to park
behind buildings downtown
a few hundred feet from the river
just a block from the fire department.
We had Modern Vampire of the City
and freshly tainted love.
It was flammable
and
beautiful
and
unstable.
But I thought it was better
than anything you could
find in an old TV set
or in the music you tried to write
to replenish your soul.
Jan 5, 2014
Jan 5, 2014 at 4:54 PM UTC
We used to park
behind buildings downtown
a few hundred feet from the river
just a block from the fire department.
We had Modern Vampire of the City
and freshly tainted love.
It was flammable
and
beautiful
and
unstable.
But I thought it was better
than anything you could
find in an old TV set
or in the music you tried to write
to replenish your soul.
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