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From: "L.O.V.E. Love"
Nights
Nights hed watch the street-lights shudder on.
When Manchester was never dark hed begin
to dream orange, the curtains could only
hold back so much, and if that was symbolic
perhaps you could have told him what was going on.
If he woke before dawn hed swim through
the light to the window and turn to look
at his room. Only the ceiling was dark.
Outside, with the citys overspill
the stars were drawn like cigarette ends
the clouds stubbed out. Hed reach for the light and
try to understand why the girl said no
and what more in the world there was to do.
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