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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{stargazing}
  luc simonic


I recall a mirage of necessary
expression and in the end, a
yesterday's virgin's understanding
of having been put on post.

the vine clean like universal
studios, the only trash strewn
thick in the nook that held
the single ATM within miles.

I had a thousand heads on,
and when I came out of the
corner store there was new
light in the sky - a foundation.

I looked Alexander in the eyes
and there was something
about my retinal scan that
asked him if I had Ever lied.

I wasted most opportunities
on the front steps smoking
but somehow she sat by me
for a minute, and later I by her.


~lds08