on the stone lip of the seine i wait, beer warm, bones cold, breath quiet. paris forgets to blink this late.

the moon, not yet red, hangs in debt to something ancient, watching slow. i sip. i wait. i don’t forget.

soon she’ll rise in rust and shame, pulling night like a tide through the frame. and i’ll still be here, waiting, unchanged.

paris, 2015

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