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Susan acts

on Tuesday

dances on Monday

and it’s any day now

she shall be released.

She understands you

like a blind calf

and a stubborn mule.

We’re not really friends

anymore.

Age and knocks on the door

kept us

from growing old -

?

Susan told you

to masturbate to her image

and you did a good job

or was it the Asheville

skyline?

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Now, Susan tells you

in dreams

I orbit the sun

but I’m so numb

I haven’t had the chance

to love you

like you usually are.

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Now

Susan

gives it to you

but you say

what about mine?

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The

chorus in a Greek play

says Maria

is at the bar

but I’m at the bar

and it’s no big event.

Susan says

what a death I die

seeing you in my dreams.

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With enough lines

Susan won’t die in a

car accident with no

breaking news

some eleven years ago.

With enough lines

Maria will still be smiling

when she looks at me

?

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I wish I grew up

when you first

put your lips on mine.

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I’m in my new apartment,

Maria,

a magpie

looks at me when

I brush my teeth.

And a rooster

watches me

when I get dressed

clumsy and sweaty -

this air conditioner

doesn’t work.

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