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It’s late night again.
I avoid the left side of the street
like I avoid the left side of my sheets
praying for the Lord to turn your car green
so I’ll stop looking for red cars and red sheep
rushing by the Houston streets
or chattering when I’m trying to sleep.

I see you.
I see you in a Frida Kahlo’s third eye cracked
I see you when a stray dog pees,
Don’t take it personally, I also see Bukowski and Waits,
But then again I talk in my sleep
And my family history isn’t white picket fence neat,
So what do you care?

Did you get my flowers?
White Lillies; Gardenias are out of season,
I sent them to touch your imperfect body
with my imperfect soul.

“I meditate on life more and more, I need truth and I need love, lasting love.” –J.S.B. I had the great pleasure of hearing the poet live years back so check out his website, buy a book and hear the audio. I also realized that I had a lot of imagery I left out on the sources. The last line is my variation from the sexiest voice alive, Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. The songs are heavy duty poetry, my hero. See the Frida and lillies images and gardenias look like this. The second sexiest voice/artist, comes from Waits and the rugged Bukowski.

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