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Poetry: Dark moments

by Joost Steffensen

Created on: September 08, 2010

Air like tar

No way to close my ears

The relentless drone of a fan in a room too cold

No way to turn it off


My mouth a rash

A puddle of coke on the floor

Tolstoy turned black and sticky


My body glued beneath my duvet

Sweat streaked hair

My eyes like darting butterflies

entombed in my favorite place


A single drop escapes

It hangs there suspended

But I can't let go

There is no key


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