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made up with the stool
on the knees
begging
again another
night another hour
for salvation and growth
but he felt different in a
different home
only one thing
carried over
in the trunk of the car
your favorite stool
stripped and faded
with splinters on the tongue
he asked me what was right
is it - is it okay if your last
artifact is a new shrine

I’ll tell you what I told him

love can vanish from the lips
and the tongue and the mouth
and the hands but it still
still hangs around
in the champagne room
on the bathroom floor
in the car
beside the last artifact

you look confused
yes?
yes - I see.