5/28/16 4:21 AM
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the alleyway next
to our apartment,
the way those words
roll off the tongue.
the warm rain pooled
on the asphalt
filling its little cracks
and slowly rolling
toward the drain.
the orange glow of 
the streetlamps
agains the puddles.
the red glow of the sky
from 8:57 PM
to 6:23 AM
the next day.

this city,
us in its heart,
will never be as quiet
as it is here
next to you
at 4:21 AM
taking the trash out
and loading the car.