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Two poems by Adam Levon Brown

No one is Here
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Draped in the ominous
blood-red moon

bereft of thoughts
and desiring a place
to call my own

I wander aimlessly
through the broken down 
streets, seeing the photocopy
faces of a society with nothing
to lose

As I pass by a grime-ridden
visage bearing only two teeth,
I am greeted by a woman who
must have been thought up
by an architect

I raise my hand to say hello,
only to notice that she is wearing
a blue-tooth device

She passes by me with a glare
and continues talking to her 
electronic voice on the other end

I shrug it off and continue to a bar
with a seedy feel to it

I walk inside and sit with my head
in my hands

The bartender asks if I want
a drink and I reply,

"No one is here"


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The Day My Heart Skipped a Beat




Teetering on the precipice

of hazy darkness that is
memory


I sparsely remember
the time we interlocked
fingers on the bridge
at Jefferson Park


For once, my heart
was at ease and I didn't
have these blood  seeking
impulses


It's not your fault
that things faltered,
I am just tainted
beyond salvation


Go with the light
and save me the darkness;
It is where I belong.







Bio Adam Levon Brown is poet residing in Eugene, Oregon. He has been published in dozens of places including Yellow Chair Review, Burningword Literary Journal, and Peeking Cat Poetry Magazine. He offers free resources for poets on his website at www.AdamLevonBrown.org

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