watered-down truth

sitting in the rain

more than just a flood

on earth

sitting in the rain

moves me down

to dirt

i pick up the leaves

i send them downstream

it's not like before

it's not like before

here in my rainbow

solitary, truly heaven

on earth

here in my cacophony of

rhythm and sound

her in my side

her in my new found

side

more than just watered-down truth

just a little more

adt
short hills, nj

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blame

blame comes and goes

each step, future's cornerstone

each smile, enmity's horoscope

i turn not gray or wine

blood orange for kicks

to the head, to the state

and then reason fades

each step foretold in verse

alive in the womb

dead on arrival

it wasn't me, it was him

adt
short hills, nj

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