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11:29 in Paris

The most beautiful woman we both

know

is Tequila.

 

She wears a glass dress

that clashes when she dances

Makes a high pitch

 

ringing noise.

Tip her over.

Spill her

 

out.

Tip her back and drink

in her life.

 

Then stay the night

until I can taste death and

then become born again.

 

Is it a sunrise in my room?

Or is that where the sun sets?

I dont know, so

 

you tell me.

My head is pounding

from this light. The

 

way it seeps into my brain and

tries to stay.

Push it out.

 

I want to run away.

Let's get on a plane and fly

to Paris.

 

Let's just go.

Forget the world

and leave the Greeks and

 

fugitive slaves behind. Let

them worry about

themselves.

 

Birds migrate

to a place that's warm and

inviting.

 

A giant bird of metal

descends into heaven.

A heaven on fire.

 

We can walk the streets.

The ones I want to dance on,

under the stars blanketed in

 

the dark sky.

The stars.

My stars. French Stars.

 

Do you ever just laugh at

them? The stars?

It's silly to think they go on

 

for eternity.

I just saw one fall.

Like your hand to mine.

 

Collide with the earth.

Defective star.

Ignorant mass of Sun.

 

Find me a place to sleep for the night.

Snow white

minus six.

 

The wasted sun will wake my wasted

eyes.

Then we can walk.

 

Till the ends of the earth begin

and we can stay in

the beloved

 

city so

long we could stand

at each painting at the

 

Louvre

for hours.

Listen to me as I attempt to

 

be a philosopher.

Look at me like you're listening,

and listening to Mona Lisa.

 

Then we can go dancing.

Outside.

And maybe we wont be cold.

 

This time.

And maybe,

just maybe,

 

it will rain.

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mauri-pollard
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Apr 25, 2013
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