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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{dreams that smell like pussy}
  john dorsey


I.
how many times have
i gotten lost in
them your eyes a
deer in headlights caught
in dreams that smell
like pussy

II.
it was almost as
if i'd bought a map
in some kansas bus
station that gave lousy
directions when it came
to love

when i leaned in
for a kiss you
said i looked like
a hitchiker in the
world of the dead

and that my hands
had never touched the
sun because my heart
had never really beaten
for anything or anyone
worth burning for