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dance card

2018-09-01

"pencil me into your dance card"

he flirted with the idea spun a staircase or two

lingered at the doorway where the bass shook

my feet, were duct tape. i lined the walls as a reminder

of a lost trolley pushed up against the bathroom

after taking one more drink lingered at the doorway

because two familiar faces but turned tail because

unfamiliar places d:ink broken down into a D C G D

chord scheme these sweet children flirted with 7th chords the cuban

impalas reminded me of when we held hands

chattering about dance hall and matcha let me pencil

myself in your dance card so, we can go out again

to zeta psi

Game designer, writer, and poet. Currently building at Sonzai Labs. Previously at Limit Break, Delphi Digital.

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