like this, so there, & buffalo is always burning,
causing everyone in the world
endless relief!

On Thu, 9 Dec 2010, Lichty, Patrick wrote:

> Detour
> By Patrick Lichty
>
> My love,
> Chicago is burning
> snow, sparks and stars
> beneath electric wheels
> perched high
> above the city
> webcams show us
> to the world
>
> My love,
> Yzmir is burning
> regrets of not
> crossing the bridge
> only to remain
> in the center ring, alone
> with a circus dog
> and five tiny lions
>
> My love,
> New Orleans is burning
> Shotgun house burned
> to the waterline
> nine feet and rising
> police line stretches
> for exactly
> one mile
>
> My love
> New York is burning
> chelsea, village, upper east side
> a stolen kiss
> in Brooklyn
> seems like
> an eternity ago
> to me
>
> My love
> Cleveland is burning
> the blood-red suns
> sinking in fire
> and smoke, and ash
> we shall not ride
> on horseback
> after the apocalypse
>
> My love,
> buffalo is burning
> green fairy
> tangled skein
> cause and effect
> set in motion
> in an
> endless return
>
> My love,
> andaleah is burning
> nightless sky
> the earth shudders
> beneath my feet
> as you
> draw near
> to kiss me
>
> My love,
> the net is burning
> firewalls snap
> circuits blow
> secrets flow
> causing everyone
> in the world
> to panic
>
> My love,
> my heart is burning
> warm here, silent snow
> stars above
> sparkles below
> snowflake on
> my tongue
> sitting, knowing
>
> you will never return
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