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-odds and ends-
*by someone considering a moving sale*
(frankie leone, just a man)
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*a bottle of disappearing ink
stands in a well-lit garage
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camel cigarette dangling from her lips
studded belt low on her hips
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a malfunctioning compass
stands next to her
gripping her slim waist
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the clock starts to grand mall seizure
and she begins to fade*
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*a worn shirt with lace trim
sprayed with a bit of perfume
bears a stain almost undetectable
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smiling through pain
also unseen by untrained eyes
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but a dried tear on a ripped sleeve knows
studying her as they sit stoically in a dive
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watching her leave
as they go nowhere together
on worn bar stools*
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*a pair of ray-ban wayfarers
looks comfortable on an expensive couch
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surrounded by the rich, famous, and hopeful
seeming to belong
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sprawled opposite’s
a life-preserver
who knows he doesn’t
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she breathes sex out her nostrils
sniffling disinterest out her irises
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when this lover obstructs her view
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right before he realizes
no one fell overboard*
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*a cookie jar walks with raw-sugar bounce
sheen hair falling around her face
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her eyes promising absolutely nothing
but simultaneously everything
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in the mind of an unmade bed
in a poorly heated loft
needing a cat
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who feels confused regret
remembering
the softness of her cheap cotton hoodie
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during embraces she’ll forget
when her subway car bumps and grinds
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out of his borough of lost boys
back to her island of broken promises*
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*a tarnished tiara’s unconcerned
with perceptions of others
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with a few coins in her stretch jean pockets
and red blood coursing through a petite body
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a name on the guest list
looks at her awe-struck
but remains mute and paralyzed
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postured against a graffiti covered wall
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watching her walk away
in the afternoon sun
through mirrored shades*
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*a garter belt gun
above legs firing heart palpitations
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acts impure in an unimpressive vehicle
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with an old issue of playboy
from a drawer long unopened
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feeling a different kind of ecstasy than him
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secure with private knowledge
she’s a sunset almost over
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exuding silky moans
during pulls of her hair
and kisses on her neck.*
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