A memory A moment

Rain-soaked mysteries
and walking streets in threes.
Remember that red time
First place, a moment.
Never have been, never again
slavish warmth, dependence
held in sadness, myth.

Trapped, a distillation
that moment in time, removed.
Milky Way screaming above.
Rainclouds scattered above.
Tears, dressed with silk wires.
Pain, exquisite and fine, not
coarse nor blunt.

There, see it. Can you?
Broken plans, hopes and empty
guilt. Reality above, cracked 
canvas, cold beer, long moments
of needless need, false signals
tricks, distortion, failure. 

Skewers. Trains. 
Chocolate. Sandals.
Discussion. Dreams. 
Hopes. Cake.
Candles. Anger.
Argument. Ends.

It wasn't always
And it was better.

But it was something. 
And a moment, 
the moment, a memory. 
That moment, that memory.
Debt and Joy. Tomorrow.
Thank you.

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