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First Line: O triple sob - turned forty
Last Line: Back my heart alive.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Aging; Self-pity


O triple sob -- turned forty
at midnight -- body at dawn
booze-soddened but hopeful,
knowing that the only thing
to remember is dreams.
Dead clear zero, Sunday afternoon
in an attic of a closed resort
on Lake Michigan with one lone
duck riding the diminishing
swells of yesterday's storm
against the snowy cliffs of North Manitou:
Whom are we to love?
How many and what for?
My heart's gone to sea for years.
This is a prayer, plaint, wish,
howl of void beneath breastbone.
Dreams, soul chasers, bring
back my heart alive.





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