steve dalachinsky & jim leftwich

refuse

and don't come back
failed to exist outside itself
and never came back
a
s
s
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thunderbolts in progress, parade adrift
failed to return
saw memories
philosophies
spitting
hearts minds nomads nothing
was never to be seen again
working together
like drifters at a drive-in
motel
in which desire and alienation
take root
and never go away
failed like exiles inside themselves
come back forever come back
was never heard from again
turns out to be genuine
returned the following night
like memories spitting phosphorus
ourselves driven mad so they say
beasts minds nomadic generation
like drifters at a drive-by shooting
reused refuse more than once
and never made it back to the base


steve dalachinsky & jim leftwich
dec 2007