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last night

August 6, 2018 by Michael Guerin

her parting words hang heavy
in the air as the car door
slams shut. through its open window
you watch as she strides
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. behind
drawn curtains the muted glow
of a lamp greets the night
and from memory you picture
those slow barefooted steps
towards a back bedroom
as her dress slides
off silken shoulders
and comes to rest
on the cold
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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