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, AH NOT A POET
Cy,JAY 1. LEVY
( HrGHT 5rT HERE AND TRY TO DAEELE WrTH WORD5 THAT ARE HEANrNGLE55,
CA1I5E ( AH NOT A POET.
nv CANDLE ElIRN5, THE WrCK GLOW5 ERrGHT, HOONUGHT-ORANGE GL055. THE
ELliE FLAHE DlILL5 THE LrGHT. ( 5EE rT5 GUHHER AND WONDER, "How HOT?"
1)oE5N'T HA77ER, FrRE ElIRN5, UKE EHOTrON5 TORN A511NDER, FALUNG DEEPER
rNTO THE VOrD. ( WEEP,
gliT YET ( AH NOT A POET.
EXPRE55rNGĀ· .. ONE NEED5 AN rN57rNCT, A PA55rON, A FrRE. Hy FLAHE, I1Y LOVE
EXTrNGlIr5HED. No LONGER ElIRNrNGĀ· (T 5rHPLY ElIRN5. THE ELliE r5 GRAY-- AN
OVERCA5T HORr20N. No HOPE, NO FliTlIRE ...
FOR ( AH NOT A POET.
THE WAX 5rHHER5, FADE5, LEAVrNG THE WrCK TO Dr5rNTEGRATE. EECOHrNG
NOTHrNG, EliRNT AWAY. WHY DOE5 HY EEAT CONTrNliE ONWARD, PlIL5ATrNG
WrTHOliT CEA5E? (7'5 THE 501lND5 OF LOVE, THE WArL, THE DRlIH. (T r5 THE
501lND5 OF DE5rRE, OF THE ELECTRONrC EEAT5 OF THE NrGHT, OF 5WEAT, OF
CHANCE FOR RENEWED HOPE.
ea:TAKE THE NEXT (7'5 A 57ART. ( HAY NOT EE THERE, EliT ( KNOW WHERE
( AI1. ('11 HERE, ('11 NOW, ('H LOVE, ('11 L05T. ( HAVE NOTHrNG, GENERAUTY (5 A
CON57ANT. (T ElIRN5, AND ( WON'T FORGET.
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