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Mar 2021
Wanting you,
knowing I couldn’t have you
I called the devil my friend
as he surrendered the key
The lock to your heart reopening,
the hourglass turned over
In the flames of December
—running back to you

(Houserville Pennsylvania: December, 1971)
Kurt Philip Behm
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Kurt Philip Behm  kurtphilipbehm.com
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