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on the closed piano bittersweet a lingering farewell into dusk heat lightning the porch swing creaks cicada leaf fall a woolly bear wends its way towards winter piped music in santa's grotto pied piper singing sirens tug of war end of term blues a blunt pencil and no haiku so blue the sky through empty branches cocoon it waits for no one light housework duties cobwebs to let the stranger in black with pout dungeons & dragons a cricket in the basement child his ear on an empty box cordless phone testing its reach adult approaching the tree house 'what are you up to?' 'nothing' windowsill pie drawing a blackbird take all you want eat all you take topless waitress showing youth to table drowning my frustrations at the Mermaid night siren the blue of neon in puddle in the gutter a severed finger returning the Star of India no deposit no prodigal son a tiara in the dark of pawnshop in the back room jokers are wild bare bulb over the card table overhead a brass rail bed endlessly creaking grandma in bed contacting venus ladybug over the lip of the cup not quite dregs of matcha faintly green the chartreuse flare of leaflets a legendary beauty in need of warmth homeless under a stingy sun |