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Gasworks
05:10
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By the waterfront at Gasworks Park,
Ours are the only voices.
As we stare across the water,
We feel fortunate and proud
To behold such a beautiful, panoramic view of Seattle.
Here
This relative silence is such a relief
From the cacophony of the street,
From the corrosive commotion
Of Capitol Hill.
At last, we can enjoy each other’s presence
As we inhale the salty air.
Near midnight, we return to where we parked
My CR-V just through the trees.
We laugh and reminisce about high school
As we drive back to your dorm building.
Our arms wave carelessly
Out the windows,
Blown lightly
By the wind.
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Panic
03:03
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You said, "it cannot wait until morning.”
I wondered what that could possibly mean.
This isn’t the first time we’ve been here.
You are so much more than the sum of all your fears.
On the way from my place to yours
In what seemed like hours,
Each stoplight was like an event horizon,
Impossibly far from my destination.
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Procession
04:09
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As we pulled into East Lawn
One gloomy Sunday,
Two men in black appeared
Under the marble archway.
My sister and I said thank you
As they escorted us.
Sheltered from the rain,
All is shadow under their umbrellas.
Passing through the hall
Of long-forgotten urns,
I thought it would be better
to be burned than in the dirt.
As we reached the inner sanctum
The funeral was underway.
The priestess told us to go up
And pray.
“I love you”
Would have been enough for him I think,
But when I opened up my mouth,
No words came out.
So I just went up to the altar
Holding two
White roses:
One for the car, one for the coffin.
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Cobwebs
03:59
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There are cobwebs
Beneath the passenger seat,
Mold growing wildly in between.
Splotches on the floor
All have a dusky sheen.
The AC reeks of last year’s memories.
I am so much lonelier than I thought I’d be
At 22 when the world’s just opening.
There are so many people and places I want to see,
But I’ve burned too many bridges since graduating.
I’m waiting for a revelation,
One that strikes like lightning in an instant.
Someone take my car, I don’t want it after where it’s been.
I’ll just stay in one place until my early twenties end.
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Cervantes
05:20
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Sitting on a park bench
Next to you.
My hands are cold
So I put them in your jacket.
As a means to say
I trust you,
Which I do.
Then I said you’d
Be better off without me.
Words all caught up in my throat
Your skin so pallid and pure it’s distracting.
I want to keep your heart safe from me,
But again and again I delay
Until it’s too late to say
We’re both equally to blame.
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