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Asleep Somewhere on Thirteenth and Elm
the_recluse
you can’t speak to the night,
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though it speaks to you,
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in the sound of Bessie Smith
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singing blues, her voice
 4
mingling with the static
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of a half-tuned radio.
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and you can’t be heard
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above the slowness of water
 8
trickling endlessly down the gutter
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and flirting with car tires
 10
on sundry streets.
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'cause no, the night will not try
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to speak to you
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above the sound of
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a phantom lover’s voice:
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ghostly murmurs of smoke and honey,
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whispering intangibles
 17
that linger like perfume.
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03/07/07

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