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 is there something to understand- ruby smiles youth emerges pre coated dipped in divinity a moment of immortality equipped with Achilles heel a sprinkle of salt on spring salad the new seasoned by the old youth is fleeting so is conscience - for a while they journey together until youth takes a hike -age free wheels – conscience gives up after climbing the first hill ruby found the heroic with a lose tongue and naked girls French -slim with deep brown eyes curling dark hair his tongue whispered between her legs –pledged everlasting life she died dressed in her nightgown -smoking a Chinese cigarette knifed in the stomach in a junk strewn Saigon hotel two questions – was she screwing someone else the cigarette ruby carried stateside on a Spartan shield death is no respecter of people-places or of promises made between the legs by players on a cold war stage these short memories –of grease paint faces wait around night there is no enduring sensation other than sweat her lights went out like a failed Broadway show page 4 Posted by jack lindus on July 29, 2008 Archived under: People, Places |
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