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Sympathy for the Devil

Watching the white ash float and cover

stealing footprints and filling potholes

tiger traps for passing tires

Rishika lay eyes up

reinacting a play;

shes now an angel flapping her wings

basking in the brief glint of star

(I say) “where’s your halo girl?”

the play stops mid-flight as she tosses her grin at my feet

(she say) “I lost it long ago,

but I got this dime sack and a fifth of Jack…

goin’ find heaven tonight.”

1 year ago

October 13, 2010