In The Dreaming Place:
Her, a little too friendly.
You, not protesting.

Copyright © 2008 by Becky Beard

Bela Lugosi
called me on the telephone.
Or was that a dream?

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I tell you the things
you never wanted to hear.
Then I walk away.

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sorry for myself
in an empty cantina
La Esperanza

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Granny Guth and me -
conspiratorial grins:
our little secret.

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I sing for Patrick
a song of my devising.
He tunes his guitar.

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