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August 9th, 2006


SYDNEY'S GHOST


we've never seen

london's lightning gown


we've never known

a home's heartbeating leaves


we've never worn

new york's cardboard crown


we've never strummed

chicago's broken strings


we've never stared

the himalayas down


we've never been

around the farthest star


but we've been

we have been 

through enough


we've never looked

into egypt's diamond eye


we've never gone

calling heaven's bluff


we've never slept

in a caesar's double bed


we've never crossed 

la's rosebug thighs

the night poured out the day

the day drank up the night


we've never been 

possessed by sydney's ghost


but we've been

we have been

we have been 

through enough


                   

das - washington, d.c., u.s.a.