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Jazz

Is it too much to ask that we

just lay around with our

cigarettes and coffee and jazz

and just enjoy each other?

Why do we strive for perfection—

when it would only neglect

the intricacies of this gritty,

raw, ****** existence?

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lifeasalyric

Oklahoma City

Published: Mar 1, 2021
LinesWords: 842

Notes: This poem was written in 2020.

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