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last night

August 6, 2018 by Michael Guerin

her last words hang heavy
in the air as your car door slams
shut. through its open window
you watch as she walks steadily
up a gravel path to her front porch
lit by two yellow bulbs buzzing
with a cloud of moths and mosquitoes.
she fishes a key from her purse
and without a pause or glance
back in your direction unlocks
the door and slips inside
her darkened home. through
drawn curtains the muted glow
of a lamp greets the night
and from memory you imagine
those slow barefoot steps
toward a back bedroom
as her dress slides
off bare shoulders
coming to rest on
the wooden
floor.

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writer, dreamer, lover, seeker. labels never reach the heart of any matter, but they might be a place to start...

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