No one dares dream of beach houses
While walking on these dirty city streets
In the misty sullen rain
Where the children smile despite some new despair
...
A lone flower peaks
Out over the city
From a tenement roof.
She is speechless
...
A cold day freezes
My desperate thoughts
In a lonely place.
...
We’re sauntering slowly
In the exciting evening
Exchanging a mystical kiss
Soft moonlight avenue bliss;
...
I walked alone
In Ann Arbor last night,
But you were
With me again on South Main
...
A man follows an alluring woman
From a bookstore rendezvous
Through twisting streets
Of illicit passion;
...
I am naïve about relationships and kisses,
About the dreams that weave themselves
Around a fragile heart,
And I do not know how to protect
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I have immense affection for poets,
Those desperate lovers who often lose
All vestiges of sanity in amorous pursuits.
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Deserted by love
In the summertime,
I walk by the river
And speak to seagulls
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Woman, you are the one who lingers
In my mind with aching tenderness,
But you are hidden in the distance,
Walking through the business world
...