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In a Barroom

She presses into the noise 
like a tabacco leaf
pressing into the shape
of a coffin nail.

The smoky haze that fills
this darkened place
does little to camouflage
the weariness of life.

Old-time music beats
a familiar rhythm,
and once again she dances
with strangers who fail
to give her silence.

Copyright © Chetta Achara

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