sudden breath (remix)

in my mid-twenties
typewritten pages all around
bottle of whiskey in the freezer
telephone. stereo. Chicago winters creeping through gaps in the window frames

in my head

took a sudden breath i

had forgotten if you don't

it's death 

spotlight of the swinging arm lamp in its antics 

hair on my head frazzled

feeling frantic

would the world ever cosign my imagined

romantic?

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