orgami's Diaryland Diary

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station emitter

lamp glow
the crickets cry in the sultry
night
against the wire screen
the insects still tap
in their earnest steadiness
like ice pellets when the
snow starts

the radio is still on
admonishments and laughter
the chatter indecipherable
the low glow startling
in the dark

your head resting on your
arm the denim jacket
bunched up against your
side its arms draped limp
the copper buttons shinning
like cats eyes from here

we doused our fire
and put away the marshmallow
sticks burned tips
and goey wood where we scraped
off the bark with a folding
knife you favoured

I can never sleep
never sure that the
edge has dulled from the
intensity of the day

I was always hoping that
a great happiness would
ensue
but the dead end street
at dusk was always there
and i knew
I just always knew
that it was my watch

my watch forever

1:10 a.m. - 2010-12-15

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