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Down in the Dirt v055

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Decrepit Remains
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 Decrepit Remains, the 2008 Down in the Dirt collection book
The Man In The Moon

Steve De France

I am watching the moon
when I bump into a man with just a mouth
in the middle of his face.

This mouth—grins—and asks for a light.
Is this some kind of a joke?
I ask.

��He twists and opens his ancient mouth
into the shape of a waiting grave.

��I stand looking into nothing.

��I don’t know why or for what reason
but I suddenly recall a childhood
memory—a dream, or perhaps both.

��I can’t be sure—maybe it is now I dream.

��A dream of such pure white snow
it clings like a freezing shroud
to the windward side of a young girl’s face.

��Passing me on the street she smiles
so sweet a smile—its memory&sweetness
has lasted all of my days.

“Have you a light?” the mouth demands.

��My hand, under a broken street lamp,
trembles&the flame÷ethereal—surges.

��Just before everything goes dark
something funny happens to the moon.
It tilts at a crazy angle as the universe
pours through a rip in the sky.



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