evening rave,
while listening to jazz on old scratchy records
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Tonight is a night for telling tales.
Big ones ala Pecos Bill
and small ones
you tell to yourself - the story of you.
Unraveling the universe
which doesn't need to be unraveled.
It sits before you
naked.
Innocently.
But unraveling the universe
is a good excuse to
sit in front of a fire.
and besides that
kissing can be conversation.
Carol Hechmer
December 2, 2004