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Re: "A YEAR OF SUNDAYS" SUBMISSIONS - August 2022

#831071
From: HC
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:45
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On Monday, August 8, 2022 at 2:25:30 AM UTC-4, ME wrote:
> On Sunday, 7 August 2022 at 17:22:05 UTC-4, blackpo...@aol.com wrote: 
> > On Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 8:52:57 AM UTC-4, Edward Rochester Esq. wrote: 
> > > On Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 2:03:48 AM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote: 
> > > > Start posting: 
> > > I’m Afraid I’ve Lost My Way 
> > > 
> > > I’m afraid I’ve lost my way 
> > > in the light of the Frigidaire. 
> > > 
> > > That interrupted sleep, 
> > > my creep to the sweet 
> > > treats that call out my name, 
> > > a shame, it was empty, 
> > > forgetting the last cookie went in 
> > > around midnight 
> > > after its dip into cold coffee. 
> > > 
> > > Do not feel sorry for my senile 
> > > Zombie walk, my talk to the wrinkled 
> > > curtains that have never kept out 
> > > streetlights and full moons. 
> > > 
> > > I was ok once, all words came without 
> > > that scratch to a bed head, that fridge 
> > > stocked before last sale date, a mate that asked 
> > > what was wrong when strength seemed to disappear. 
> > > 
> > > I’ll write a note to self, a list of what came easy 
> > > once upon a time, but now I’ve forgotten the Frigidaire 
> > > is empty and I’ll stumble back to where dreams 
> > > were once sweet. 
> > > 
> > > Edward Rochester Esq. 
> > ---------------------------------------------------- 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Cat Cries 
> > 
> > It's empty down the West-Side Highway 
> > except for a shadow or two hidden back 
> > from curbside, half dancing with feral cats 
> > under blinking blue neon, repeating, 'closed'. 
> > 
> > It's never closed, Breslin argues, always someone 
> > having a malted or being slashed for a wallet, 
> > always someone with a bent spoon cooking the nights snack, 
> > their eyeroll into never, never land. 
> > 
> > There are some setting alarms, morning comes early 
> > for the next shift while outside, the dark holds a space 
> > for the wide-awake finding shadows have all the answers 
> > and sell the most papers. 
> > 
> > 
> > Edward Rochester Esq.

I know it’s difficult, but let’s try to keep this near the top. Keep up the great work.

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