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Babylon Weeping

Babylon Weeping

Babylon Weeping

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Been working on a novel.
Haven’t had much time for new poems.
Thought I’d share this.

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The Red Arithmetic

Blind Freight

I remember the carnival nights
in that city of jesters and cheap neon laughter
when the world felt loose in our hands
like a coin we could spend without counting.

We walked through the music and smoke
like two thieves in a kingdom of

No Cheer in the City

The night comes on slow like a rumor
through the wires and the spans
and the boys in the alley are talking
but nothing they say ever lands

there’s a light in the storefront that flickers
like it’s trying to recall
a

The Quarter

I remember you in the Quarter
when the heat just sat there
not moving

you were beautiful then
like it didn’t cost you anything
smiling at what I couldn’t see

we moved through the parades
horns bending out into the street
me

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