12 Aug 00

 

FLIES

 

In a smoky bar

They are sitting

Settling in for another night

Of forgetting

And here I am

Where once, I might have

pitied them

Ordering another

And realizing

with an ineffective thought

I have become one

With them

In my ill attempt

To push you

From my mind

And heart

 

By

 

WOLFEN

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