Kristen de Kline #243 Summer Nights 5: Smoking nuns

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at night on the beach
you watch two nuns
blowing smoke rings
into the wild     hard
summer darkness
second man dies after
being pulled
unresponsive
from waters 
on the beach at night

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I tell you:
I destroy myself
again and again
you know how it be
Nazi bitch boss walks
into the party   gives me
a nod    toss down a third
Valium from the sun rip off
the beer bottle top with teeth
every now and then we fall apart
hit that Karaoke machine
what's that about love in the dark
take that bitch 

     and again

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by the time they walk
to the far end of the pier
their Craven 'A' reds
have burnt down to
lit up stubs like glow
worms in Waitomo caves
are they praying together
or do I make that up
more ash burns in my mouth

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I forget the rest of the dream
what country which decade
Mother Superior lights up a
cigar, beat poets waltz in
the black sand, ghosts chatter
bullets rain from the skies
am I losing my mind
another comet falls from grace
more bodies collapse on concrete
I still can't find the missing comma