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Concrete

Joe Sonnenblick

Straight lace curtains closed
Losing frequently,
Licking the floor.
Good catholic boy ruins neighborhood with fruitless claims.
This is the only simulation,
The real game is under topsoil.
Remember when we went to the beach and had the yellow boombox?
Loudly proclaiming our youth?
What fools.
What hubris,
What armor piercing deadliness did we think we held?
Well, I remain that boombox.
To let you all know,
You go to this place where they all hate you
You come home and cook a dinner for misrepresentation
You didn’t want those four walls,
Those two kids
The three hairs left on your head,
All you wanted was to do well
Well...Here’s well.
I love that I know you are scoffing at this, right here.
It’ll wash over you soon enough
Probably while making sandwiches with messages to be tossed away.

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