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No Home

Jackson Burgess

I balanced on the edge of oblivion for forty days and forty nights
before I talked myself down from the fall.

Dark sunrises and painless goodbyes have
never made much sense to me–
but, then again, neither has anything against
the negative.

No dogs allowed.
No shirt, no shoes, no service.
No soliciting.
No resistance will be tolerated.
No martyrdom will save the future.
No one has come to save you and
No one is not alone.

No one is not alone.

When you and I looked out at the frostbitten void
you promised to tell me when I was out of control.
Maybe I didn’t get the message,
or maybe I forgot,
it’s just that
I could have sworn that we held hands that night
and I liked it.

All I ever wanted was a place to call my own–
a place to call my home–
but the answer was No.

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