for Tom Verlaine
turning up Marquee Moon in the otherwise
quiet night of someone else’s house
wearing headphones because the world’s asleep
its madness closely contained in a thin layer
of clean-toned guitar riffs, slicing through
the flesh around the heart
no blood, so much blood
/ / /
28 January 2023
Farmington NY
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