Sunday, June 14, 2020

before we lose it all


i wanna reread
camus the first man
and neal cassady the first third
there's a way someone else's life
can pry you open to the day's first light
even when all else is forcing the great darkness

the back alleys of denver are not so far
from the ocean walls in algeria
the grind of desperation shoes
stepping beneath billboard shadows
always walking always talking incessantly
words against hopelessness

like it's all we have
there are deserts that bloom
through nightmares
see them
for the beauty
of what they are

--- e b bortz

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