game   to keep moving into it, into l
t the footsteps she
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p simpbv to lie awake, Il
the rhythmic breathing the dvgis §li5t€”?”g{7'i7U5  
a faint trail ey' stars. 1;
ofthe woman next to me The €"mti€ tidfmg fl
  _ almost musical. So 1
,  _._,;>   tbtttgbt [ me qutbtbt inside a streetlight }
 E; 4 wi , _ I __ N I the onbw time there is. I
  —— it   _ lv   3 _a. m., the floor creaking  
`vjt     i   y   awake with my weight. Qgénjmg _§· jay I-
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~, ax I ·   [ " l ticks like a heart at rest. maybe ttbtbtngg as bad  
,   . ‘ ’  I "· , \` fem the drapes and See as tt seems, maybe tum my {
'V t .` 1 i ·  ; ’    the moon fall in pieces,  
I —   I V .r » ,  , { G a bright seed “
  ,   2     ` thetim Slew Choreography mzzmg in tu me ocean  
‘p I j_ E   of snow. Bq'ore I think bfthb myth ,
=   g   about it, I ’ve opened 1
·   · But the newspapers are full `
  f , the front door and walked bfjbatbw _45S,  
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Q;   t t e aze insomniac
  Sk _»’’'     A newb¤wed in Tyrone, Pennsylvania,
at      ,’ p of Shawnee Place in his blue is ktttbtt by b Cyossbgw
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_ z 1   awake now, this is a skull and the throats of letters
      \\   the dream I was trying for;
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4 · gc fl \ t I are slit open every day:
V t   QN \\ the snow thicker; leaning into me, I kngw [ lovgd you When, {
~,,,> xt my houseshags lmvmg 0h, honey, I’d sLi1l love you if . . ,
t IH  W qfx their somnambular  
  {   I  . So a man unlocks a nrack ‘
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    tr   '· ` V · r I   ,, mug- when I have §0”€ $0/2** a woman tests the edges I
,    » ‘     ***1, I _  _ Q2  ‘ inside mysewwt I bja me mw. just
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  t_; 2*;.   i \   ‘ ‘e . A "` "`T I
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    ig V P     with a woman walking her collie, this ttm bfybbb t
MY Wk} *'__;_ A t {in? . n · t ,
    ,,,-   J", »,·;s——$  if   I knew I mpasl Sieve a young couple holding hands,
°   `.·,   3 h` .'  and caring about sleep.
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      *. ,»».;`_?·f§;{j*?•,g 4,  **2;  _ innocent and shy as swans. {
  _ Qi:     `I   \ » Both of us slide on the sidewalk, Sbmbtmb ll
.  .-·· ;  ;' *L~.   “   -,2i{s~Sg_V I laughing and nearbfllll shooting arrows. ,
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