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A Steady Wind Is All the Magic I Need

I do not drink from the same cup

that got me drunk with infatuation

with those who didn’t yearn for me

the way I did for them. 

Sans the drink I could see

the sky is blue and plain

but no less beautiful

than when it sparkled with my

imagination. 

I see daylight as my window

to fulfill the day’s orders.

Yet no less meaningful

than when it was spent daydreaming

of futures (with lovers)

that existed only in my head. 

I drink instead from a spring,

clear and cool

and still as a fair day

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In the Absence of Roses

IN THE ABSENCE OF ROSES,
we’ve exchanged passages
from Murakami,
recited dialogue we’ve memorized
from funny pictures
and dramas on the dais
through the curtains.

We shared ink stains and lead residues,
the better to see the players
who lived in our heads.
You gave me the colors
you hand-picked for my canvas
from the tint of your lips
and shades of your skin.

I traveled your peculiar world
through the pages
of your manuscript.
And in place of fancy stones,
I gave you a play on words
once a day
to tickle your funny bone.

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