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Oct 2016
If hands were enough
to hold an avalanche off,
then my heart could stop an earthquake

The beat will contradict the quake
with its shakes and quivers

The great divide is present
the split zig-zaged
It gaps what once was
Seperating; it will never be

split-screen identity--
Simultaneous Distance
Homage to Thom Gunn's "The Man with Night Sweats"
Derrek Alfred Gudiño López
Written by
Derrek Alfred Gudiño López  San Diego
(San Diego)   
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