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another night of isolation - how fun is THIS?

Quiet Night

How well I know this place 
with its multicolored, sloping gardens 
and glittering, fountained pools 
but its beauty is fleeced by repetition

Loneliness tests the resolution of the young
with our howling appetite to experience 
and be shaped by exposures.

Like the gleaming barrel of a gun,
the clock points at nothing
and the crimson sunset leads 
to another empty, quiet night.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Tor Avatar
July 23, 2020 at 10:45 AM
Clever and witty Anais...
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July 23, 2020 at 10:55 AM
Thank you Michael =]
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