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Second Time Awake Today

Benjamin Giddings

our last call back
through the glare of light
guitars jam
three singers hum and dance
in unison

the cavalry disappears
recants their country’s
benevolent bet and bluff
and the crowd chants along

the difference was the trees
the difference in between
of the two photographs
faded and holding
a house in a square

second time awake today
keep the lights off
Weston Hotel
the chair’s arms have grip
the difference between is destiny
the choice is destiny
Dire St. Mark struggled on
the madman has the microphone
the tutelage of crossroads

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This appears in a pre-2010 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine. You can get saddle-stitched issues that are now longer printed by requesting a reproduction of the issue for amazon sale as a 6" x 9" ISBN# book! Email us for re-release to order.

This appears in a pre-2010 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine.
You can get saddle-stitched issues that are now longer printed
by requesting a reproduction of the issue for amazon sale
as a 6" x 9" ISBN# book! Email us for re-release to order.