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Once upon a night Once upon a dreary night I glimpsed the sky & found a star She stood alone & not abright None was far or near to her I took my time To tell the star That rare or oft; sometime Life must be without a rhyme.

I chose I chose Red not black Parks not yards Bright gardens not wreaths I chose Life over death I chose.

Me: My abilitty to like, love even adore myself In spite of all spites Is so amazing I fear She: Narcissism Me: Natural response. When I saw my words I felt the same Yet I fear I fear I fear still That I have echoed but The opposite of my very thoughts That I have not grown above leers Spites, snides and sneers Your every opinion counts Honest or not.

Lonely trees and quiet leaves Insomniac dogs on empty streets Unoccupied benches and swing seats Parked cars and chained bikes Left to gather fateful dews Under the black sky; Cloudy and avoided by glittering stars The public tap Deserted, dry and dreaming of Sleeping mothers and bed-wetting children My darkness sharpened eyes Abandoned by sleep and all hopes of it Saw through the windows of the night That men rule the day But night won’t be tamed.

On ordinary days, I do not remember you, I have remembered nothing and no one For some days now, I have only wished For a release from the blandness of my heart I at last have my wish fulfilled in your call You called to say hello or something like that you said .....but I remember I remember what you remembered That made you call me It all happened here Here on this same bed.

Your gloom eclipsed the sun yesterday and doused the office lamps Sad stories you have two, I have two some have twenty Today live today, please bring back the lost brightness.

I love the playing fields When no one is playing (on them) I love Sunday evenings and my aloneness The tinge of these grasses on my neck I love I love the green of the young grass and the brown of its dying blades The unwinged creatures that stray on my writing pad, I love I love to sleep here I love these grasses Without a need for reciprocation Without the pain of fear I love I love All because I once loved­­­­- loved too intensely