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n o m a n ' s L a n d i s a n i s l a n d
s o m e p o e m s B yd i a n e M a r i e
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i m s o r r y i a m l i k e s o
m a n y o t h e r u n k i n d b o d i e s
w a t c h i n g m o u t h s l o v e
o t h e r m o u t h s c l o s e
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i w a n t t o f a l l
m a d l y i n l o v e w i t h
s o m e o n e i ' v e n e v e r
m e t a n d v i c e v e r s a
o k s o t h i n k a b o u t t h e
w a y t h a t a v e r y d e e p
f i s h c a n l i v e u n d e r a l l
t h a t s e a . t h a t i s m e
b e n e a t h y o u a n d y o u r
r i g i d a p p r o a c h t o l i f e .
i w a n t t o k n o w w h a t
i t i s t o b e y o u w h e n
y o u a r e b r e a t h i n g t h a t
w a y t h a t y o u b r e a t h e
w h e n y o u a r e t h e r e
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b e s i d e m e a n d b r e a t h i n g .
a n d y o u a r e t h e w a y
i t f e e l s t o k i s s o t h e r
p e o p l e u n d e r y e l l o w
s t o n e o n s m a l l s t r e e t s
i n g e n t l e r a i n a n d i
m i s s y o u .
o h g o d
t h o s e m o r n i n g s i
w a t c h e d y o u r b o d y m o v e
i w a t c h e d y o u r b o d y
m o v e . a n d e v e r y w h e r e i s
j u s t l i k e a n y w h e r e e l s e
i n g e n t l e r a i n . a n d y o u
a r e j u s t l i k e a n y o n e
e l s e i n g e n t l e r a i n .
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W H E N I g R O W U P
I W A N T T O F U C K u
i h o p e t h a ' t s o k ?
t e x t b a c k
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i w a n t t o f u c k y o u i n
a w a y l i k e s o m e t h i n g
s i m i l a r t o w h a t e v e r
i t i s t h a t c o m p e l s a
p e r s o n t o r e a c h d o w n
i n s i d e t h e b a g f o r a
s l i c e o f b r e a d f r o m
t h e m i d d l e o f t h e l o a f
a n d y o u a r e s h y i n
a w a y l i k e
s o m e t h i n g a k i n t o
h o w t h e s u n a n d
y o u c a n h a v e
a n y [ t h i n g / o n e ]
t h a t y o u w a n t a n d
y o u k n o w i t
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i a m l i k e y o u r b o d y i n
t h e s e a
f o r T e n n y s o n
\ \ a n d y o u
l e t m e c a l m y o u r t o n g u e , l o v e ,
i n t h e s h a l l o w s o f g o d ' s w e s t
a s o n c e ,
( w h e n t h e d e m a n d s o f y o u r
c l o t h e s
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a n d t h e s a l t o f m o u n t a i n s
b e h i n d y o u r l i p s ,
w e r e m i n e t o p r e s s a g a i n s t , )
i d i d
i a m a p a r t o f y o u
a p a r t f r o m y o u
i c a n n o t r e s t
i h a v e s e e n c i t i e s o f
o t h e r h a n d s o m e b o y s b r e a t h i n g
t h a t l o v e d m e
s a f e a n d s l o w
a n d a r e n o t y o u
w a i t
y o u
, m a d e h a r d b y d a r k s e a s
( ( o r a n i d l e y e a r n i n g
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e m b e d d e d t h e r e i n ) ,
( w h i c h f e a r , a n d o l d a g e , a
n d m a n y v o i c e s ,
( p e r h a p s ? )
n o t h e r e , b u t u n d e r b l a m e l e s s
s t a r s ,
d r u n k ,
a n d a l i v e ,
m o v e d y o u , ) )
m o v e d
t o b r a v e , e m o t i o n a l g i r l s
t o b r a v e e m o t i o n
t o g i r l s
a n d i m i s s y o u
y o u a r e a q u i e t m o o n d a n c i n g
i n t h e g e n t l e s w e l l o f s u m m e r
e v e n i n g s
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w h e r e t h r o u g h m o u r n i n g h a n d s
t r a v e l
a s t h o u g h t o d i m , g r e y s i l e n c e
a n d b e l i e v e i t o r n o t
i s t i l l c o n s i d e r s l o w a n d
s t e a d y w i n t e r s
w h e r e w a t e r a n d t h u n d e r p l a y e d
a b o v e t h e b e d w e o n c e s h a r e d
, a n d w i l l s h a r e a g a i n
p u t y o u r w e i g h t b e h i n d m e
c o m e f a s t ( a n d
a l o n e )
f o r i a m o l d u n d e r n e a t h
a n d i a m w a t e r u n d e r n e a t h
a n d i n e e d y o u u n d e r n e a t h
w h e n i m o v e
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p å s ö n d a g , k o m m e r j a g a t t
s a k n a d i g m e s t
a n d i d o
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n o m a n ' s L a n d i s a n i s l a n d
p o s i t i v e t h i n g s [ h a p p e n { t o ] d i m i n i s h } t h e p e r c e p t i o n o f v a l u e w h e r e y o u ' r M o u t h i s
o r : s i m i l a r l y /
a m a n i s k n o w n b y t h e c o m p a n y o f h i s l i m i t a t i o n s
A K A .
n o m a n i s a g a i n
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# y o u
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h o w m a n y t i m e s a
d a y d o y o u b l i n k
s i m u l t a n e o u s l y
e x h a l i n g ?
h a v e y o u e v e r b e e n
t u r n e d o n b y p e r p e t u a l
d a y l i g h t i n a c i t y a t
4 : 3 0 a m ? a l l i h a v e n o w i s
t h e m o o n a n d " o h g o d "
a n d s m o k e a t m y w i n d o w
a n d t h i s c i t y ' s e t e r n a l
o r a n g e t o u c h i n g m e w h e r e
i a m a l s o t o u c h i n g m e a n d
i a m t h i n k i n g a b o u t h o w
e v e r y c u p o f c o f f e e i
d r i n k t o m o r r o w w i l l
r e m i n d m e o f y o u r
c o l l a r b o n e . w a i t f o r t h e
s u n w i t h m e a n d t h e s e a .
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o h l i t t l e c l o u d @ g m a i l . c o m