William Taylor Jr.
|  | The Piss and Sweat of All of Those Who
Came Before
The day is stillborn
unwieldy
and collapsing
beneath its own weight
the blue sky
just something else
made for other people
something else
we can't afford
and the bus seats smell
of the piss and sweat
of all of those
who came before
on a day when you
know you shouldn't drink
but do
what with the world
always demanding
we choose
between life
and death
when we're much more inclined
towards something
in-between.
| | Our Dreams Are Just the Fog
Our dreams are just the fog
that drifts about the city
with a grace we are
denied.
Let others clamor for the sun.
Pour the wine,
open the window to the music
of the ocean
and for a few hours we'll be
as beautiful as the rain.
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