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Neon Blitz

 
been down many roads
I don't apologize for any of them
I used to
I don't anymore
what's done is done
can't be undone
I've walked those cities' streets
and felt the callousness
of the neon blitz
I look back
not in a prideful way
although I'm proud I survived
that neon blitz
I've stood
on the edge of the world
only to wind up back under the neon blitz
over two decades
living that life
searching for the measure of me
in all-night diners
broke
sipping slowly on coffee
trying to make contact
searching out eyes as desperate as mine
sometimes I connected
she and I
went through our get acquainted spiel
both had perfected our
individual shtick
our desperate needs
would soon lead to desperate intimacy
tomorrow would come
much, much too early
Written by standingmyground
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