The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

smeared black ink: your palms are sweaty and I'm

barely listening to last demands

I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's buried

underneath where I am



I'll wear my badge: a vinyl sticker with big block

letters adherent to my chest

that tells your new friends I am a visitor here: I

am not permanent

and the only thing keeping me dry is where I am



you seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment

complex

a stranger with your door key explaining that I

am just visiting

and I am finally seeing why I was the one worth

leaving



d.c. sleeps alone tonight



you seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment

complex

a stranger with your door key explaining that I

am just visiting

and I finally seeing why I was the one worth

leaving

the district sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn

out their lights

and send the autos swerving into the loneliest

evening

and I am finally seeing why I was the one worth

leaving


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