Last Night
I woke up and went into the backyard
The big moon shone like a baking sheet
The distance to it was short
You could run to it
Every sound was frozen
Like drizzle on a blade of grass
Only my heart was hammering
And the moan of the Potomac
Pushing the waters like Sisyphus into the sea
While my breath flowed like a white sail
Leaving the empty shell of my body
The ruined ship
That had brought me this far
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