You too?

Dalmationed benches,

Slanted cafes,

Gloaming apartments;

Your friends,

Time-wasters.

Your works swarm your

Brain. Candle-light stars,

Fish, sea-horses; maddening

Carousel. Would that…

Pause, put down

Ineffectual scratches,

Noises, feints, such that

We might learn.

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