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orange salutation
for the girls in their
neon dresses.

stop with your drinking
or explain the bruises
on your arms or is it
elsewhere?

she said hang your head
against the tree, don’t mean
for you to hang
just some rest
would help.

poets break bones looking
at leaves so keep my door locked
keep those women away from me
or use my middle name
and maybe we won’t forget where
each other is from.