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arrowbee

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Your psychiatrist is counting down the months till retirement

Twenty-seven

He won't show you your file because it's nothing but grocery lists and doodles

Two ball-point-pen girls playing beach volleyball

The blue one is winning again

 

Hipsters on the patio mispronouncing French cigarettes

Mixing hard and soft G's

Hard and soft drinks

When you see an odd number of lights in the distance

That means there's a bus coming

God never creates just one of anything

But he does seem quite fond of odd numbers

You tell the bus driver you'll never complain about bus drivers in this city again

Ever since you realized that the cops were worse

 

The LED lights in her apartment window mean someone's home

You think about 99 New York beat poets lamenting the ugliness of neon lights

And wonder if any of them lived to see LEDs

The door swings open

You didn't even ring the bell but somehow she just knew you were there

This might not be such a bad birthday after all

Twenty-seven.

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