20th Century

Sobriety is such an uncommon wish, especially now, and even in the 20th century

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The emptiness

      after the supernova

marking the death

of a nightingale

The only bird who

sang the soundtrack

for the eternal

escape into moonlit romance

for the grandiose quest

of innocent beauty

The bird skipped along downtown

avoiding broken adults

like an ever-so-slow obstacle course

While everything morphed

The walls of financial towers

      castles in the sky

The puddles hugging gutters

      ponds for frog princes

The nylon neon clothing

      gowns fit for royalty

      the bird

danced on the head of a pin

walked on the moon backwards

vicariously lived through NOTHING

Even sank into the quicksands of love

swam in the wine and smoke

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