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it's your birthday brother
the porch light implodes
the beads of rain caught in the window

twilight pearls strangled
by a spiderweb I wait for you
to rematerialize like a coin behind the ear

of my childhood with these eyes
I see you with these eyes

these eyes won't let you leave

“There are so many ways to hold yourself hostage. I’m still learning to love my captor.”

“The city empties itself tonight. Lightning stages this perfect vacancy like so many camera flashes. For a moment, you’re famous. Even God is looking at you”