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Apartment Building on Intersection Partly in Darkness
Apt.323
Man stands at window
watching lights green yellow red
backward forward and again
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Half asleep on her feet
mother rocks baby in her arms
backward forward and again
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Woken in the night she
mounts him nightgown lifted
backward forward and again
Apt.610
Tomorrow is the big parade
he irons his straight creased uniform
backward forward and again
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In a few hours they must part
holding each other they dance in darkness
backward forward and again
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Every detail rehearsed in his mind
he adjusts sights on his sniper’s rifle
backward forward and again
12:00
The cavalcade will pass by the building
she’ll cradle his head, rock in anguish
backward forward and again
© Johnmichael Simon
2008
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