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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
  by j.poet
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a soft crescent of lite
turning slowly in the sky
it is the moon
it becomes a smile
it becomes yr face

there are thousands of stars in the sky
twinkling twinkling
now there are only two
yr eyes

you turn to me &
the air dances in the space between us
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THE SNAIL KING
  by j.poet
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one nite
i came inside of you
a grey slug crawling into a
decayed garden

the hungry iron stars of your nipples  
were laughing at me 

when i came
you cried

you know
what salt does
to a slug
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(Untitled)
  by j.poet
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the nightwatchman sits in a darkened room
smoking a cigarette
listening to jazz on a small plastic radio

he's guarding a store full of things
that no one in their right mind
would ever attempt to steal

outside the streets are cold and empty
there is nowhere to go
nothing to do
no one to see

the steam pipes cough

dead musicians play
a lonely music
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Copyright 1996 j.poet, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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j.poet is a freelance writer specializing in world music: pop, 
folk, and ethnic. He writes regularly for Pulse!, Utne Reader,
RhythmMusic, and other fine local and national publications. He 
has been writing fiction since his teens, and has been published 
in small literary mags nationally and internationally. He loves 
hot music, tropical climates, spicy food, and his partner Leslie.
email: poebeat@aol.com
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