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[quote]I remember
in the street, thinking
about old impressions:
how a cheap bed and mattress
in a bare room can reek
of comfort; the park
next to the cinema
is well lit, aboriginal
youth and young adults
mill about loudly; around,
people go about
their business; 8.15
in <placename>, they decide
they want what I have-
pen me in- and break me
out stumbling into the street
through churning fists;
then hours of lights,
voices and concerns
and my world becomes basic,
which I embrace like an ascetic:
the tenuous hold, the old feeling
inside, of a cheap bed
and a cheap mattress without
a thought to spare
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Arise!