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Long Streets have Longer Names

Her eyes matched her hair, and she watched me sit down there, at a small table.

There were two black tables small, with four chairs each, her eyes shut, she slept.

Her phone at her elbow, tension, burdened ****** features, i prayed.

 

I left her, I walked out, found a man bent over, a humble posture

At peace, bent head covered, his tobacco stained fingers laced, prayerfully.

He was a blue jean Jesus, beard bore the same stains as his rough hewn hands.

 

I passed by briskly and did not look him in the eye, walked down the street.

The blonde pole dancer next caught my eye, she wore short shorts that bared her thigh.

Her habit called, the street she knew, "No Fear, Little Sleep, and Need of Prayer"

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Written by
darrell-wade-elverum
Canadian
Published
Apr 27, 2016
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9·130
Notes

seventeen - syllables and Long Lines

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