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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{indefinitely}
  dane cobain



This is a real bad city
full of crazies
and between the drugs and the booze and the sex
there’s nothing to e-mail home about.
Mother turned 49 this year
and I’m living away from home
with a real job, this time.

And there’s a real bad place in this city
that I haven’t managed to find;
it’ll be out there somewhere,
like we all are.

I cut my hair short for the summer,
looked presentable at weddings,
prepared for a first and perfect pitch.
I sang songs along the motorway.

But it’s a real bad city
for my real bad posture,
slouching in the sunshine smoking cigarettes
‘til someone send me home.

I read the one true poet
and make a start on the Stella.