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3rd Street A lover is an ache in waiting A frantic belch of supernova An obligatory bow to circumstance A prospect turned to dusty heirloom A lover is an ache in waiting A laundry list of thoughtless allowance A doubling back of expectation A living tomb of scant collections An encouraged glutton grown cold with wealth An unpolished lock worn thick with rust A lover is a waiting faultline With the cities of everybody else Built stupidly atop A lover is a dropping elevator Rimmed with glowing Invitation A lover is an ache in waiting A wingclipped bird with wallowing eyes A rich dessert without a dinner A desperate team of secret rivals A snippet of rainbow in a stagnant oil puddle A deer with splayed limbs in the beam of a headlight A faint shadow puppet in a room full of statues A tapering candle with a wick made of iron A lover is the moving shadow Within the bloom of an Unexpected explosion A lover is the tinkling echo That gives you startled pause When you're walking In the dark
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