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the obligatory love poem

[Cherie]
i always prayed for sleep until
i kicked aside the covers and
wrapped myself in you
now i say
"let the night come violently
sirens and trucks may
sound through dawn"
it is music to me
and eyes that will not close
i think must be a gift

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