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De Patti Smith a Sam Shepard 😊

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Insomnia is a chain
Insomnia is a loop
Insomnia is a vicious circle

Right now
Inside my skull
Inside the bones

My neck turns
Cartilage moves
I like the sound of my own bones

In the midst of this emergency
I think of you
And only you

In the midst of all this sleepless blood
Your pink lips
Your arms upstretched

I cant breathe without you
But this circle of ribs
Keeps working on its own

5/17/82
Lancaster CA

pg 72 got my ass…

“down on both knees
elbows poking into the night

it’s true
this deep connection
it’s really true

the earth gives out a message
it breathes out
i catch it on the inhale

skunks
dead rabbits
the day’s heat escapes

you’re on a train somewhere
i can see you staring out the window
somewhere outside Salt Lake City

i’m right here
hanging out the window

4/29/81
homestead valley, ca.”