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[Originally Published — May 2011]


I reject time beneath my bed sheets, the moonlight’s my curtain

Lingering ink stains when I’m hurting.

So I got a squint to my eye like I can’t take the light in,

An abundance of stars to behold by one simple person.

And I decide to wear mother earth around my shoulder like a tailor-made cloak,

Camouflaged by the decoration of a much younger man’s hopes.

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