By twinkle
Date: 2002 May 04
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orchards of the night

the kind buildings across the road have
glowing peach walls the sun seems to favor.
i can feel the warmth from over here, like
burnt summers that sigh me out to twilight rims

in easy hours from the east, my
skin melts away
left to wander lamplit paths in Paris
your song still haunts me there and pales the beauty, but
no matter.  i can still breathe.

the trees have shriveled up, my dear, but i still search in
apple orchards
in sweet slow motion i find you in the wind - too
quickly sinking back into the sky
trailing lightly into dusk.