Charles Lara

We waited to be saved
and made sure
that every living thing
we came across
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Orange slice
inside
my mouth
zesty juicy
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Red summer
scent dances through
my open windows,
wraps itself
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Sleep sleep sleep
deep magnificent sleep
cradles me like
a mother holding
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The
Red Moon
slept
easy
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Waiting for the slots to roll
in my favor
I place another dollar
and a second
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Today it was
twenty years ago
on the 3rd of June
where I found myself
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Back in the days
when I lived
on Taylor Street
across the street
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Changes come
Changes go
Changes make
The Rattle Snakes glow
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Today is
the same day
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Suicide notes
and dancing butterflies
have candles
conquer old dusk
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I’m just standing in the rain
barefoot in pajamas
taking in the night
thinking
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We sat around
and drank beer
watched a football game
on a bright warm
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The Hole
is
deeper
than
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Amadeus the cat without a tail
had more than 9 - lives
once as a kitten he fell out
a window on the 4th floor
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Young Lovers
still unscented
from all others
hold warm hands
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Red Dago wine
inside an Italian restaurant
called Mategrano’s
decorated like a
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I stood inside
a majestic cathedral
in the heart of Chicago.
The sun broke away
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Where night begins
and day falls
where love dies
and hate multiplies
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love slapped me
in the face
kicked me
in the balls
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