The Other Thing I Learned In New Orleans

You paint the picture.
You create the illusion.
You say goodbye.

One magic hour proceeded by dusk, then midnight
I can barely stand, making love to a hurricane
that will cover me in salt and sea;
electric butterflies see no light but Venus
in her blue-jade fall and purple kiss.

The wind blows our words, sets them to drift
on the rain, as they roam the bayou.


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