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THE THORN [ EXCERPT ]

THE THORN [ EXCERPT ]

___________________

 

March 2014:

 

The Thorn I knew

Still stands on Rose Street, off Market,

Across from Zuni's.

 

The shell, anyway.

 

The last technological

Gold Rush in the 2000s--

Biotech--changed parts of San Fran

And with them, my old squat.

 

1908 stable house--

A piece of obsolescence 

Attached to new school

St...

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They were young
and cowering in an alley,
fearful for the future,
as sirens screeched
around them.

The sky a molten white
of churning clouds.

Everyone running,
colliding, jostling,
trying to be anywhere
but here.

She turned to him
with moist eyes
and lips the colour
of arterial blood.

When he tilted
her chin upwards
her gaze never left
the yellowing smoke
unt...

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