Daniel, we were kids
racing through the cobbled alleyways
of our hometown, in the Springtime
We were bright
we knew how things worked, instinctively
We were different but we overlapped
complimentary in creative ways
I lived somewhat in your thrall

Daniel, you were the loud one
I was sensitive and quiet
You were popular and active
always quick with a withering quip
While I hid in summ...

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I see us both, in time
Two candles burning 
behind the thin pane window
of a seaside hotel

Outside, wind and rain
rage hard against the faded awnings
and the flaking paint
of this inclement town

Our flames shiver
then bloom again
Such is life
and slow slipping wax

I’m consumed with all our years
and all the storms
and all the fuel
we burned in our love

I see us both, in tim...

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As young men, we ran through this town
chasing the madness
at the bottom of every bottle
and the warmth of teenage smiles
honeyed with the promise
of new experience

Spinning from bar to bar, pushing the limits
of our bodies capacity for self-destruction
and regeneration
snow melting from our clothes
as we sat and drank and laughed
in the Christmas evening air

Tonight, we’re trying ...

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