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Thinking of Her Just One More Time Before the Lights Go Out

Christopher Hivner

In the dream
it isn’t a dream.
In the dream
she doesn’t get high.
In the dimming light
there is a way out
and no more layers
to dig for.
But then that’s why

I’m in the dream,
having the dream,
needing the dream.

Cracks in the strata,
movements in the plates
splitting along the fault line.
The mouth of hell stretching wide
to include me,
unhinging its jaw
for a little extra darkness,
and I’m feeling kiln-hardened,
no longer shy about the heat on my cheek
or the spot on the wall
that used to be mine.

I tried to wake up
in an amber-preserved moment,
but now I prefer the dream
because in it,
she doesn’t get high.

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