. The Poet's Beat .

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Saturday, April 4, 2026

Corpse of a Friendship

We buried the body in the black dirt
corpse of a friendship
the gravestone was an old empty redwood tree
gravel stains on your naked waist
wild curling wrestling in the starscape
flashing the dark forest
   like a crime scene

I lost count of the miles by midnight
blurry highway lines become your ribcage
cavern of your phantom laugh
a little girl crying for caress
a specter moaning evergreen
I am haunted by that perfect terrible fit
   of your skin against mine.

TA

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