it is the quiet nights
after the loud days
that live in the burrows
and ask you
to feel it
all
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do you listen
to the stories
and believe
in their endings.
in the suns
that set.
and the moons
that rise.
and the stars
that shine
because
it is so dark
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waving
the leaves are back on the trees
and the rustle is rife
in the air
again
sometimes
it is the familiar
that saves
you
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fear.
we are destined
to burn
and that
turns us
to ash
scattered
on graves
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Nineteen
the wind is fast
and the ache is sour
in the air.
the cars are rushing by
and there’s a quiet hope
that they are all
headed somewhere.
it is all so
much.
and so little.
all at once.
and
it will take a while.
to let go.
of this all.
but I am starting.
here
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Nineteen, the first installation of the Cigarettes and Ice Cream series, out 6/21. Available for pre-order everywhere: https://books2read.com/Nineteen
