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that rare good moment
when the gods relent
when the dogs back
off,
you are sitting in a
Sushi joint
working the chopsticks
between two tall bottles of
Kirin
and you are quietly thinking
about any number of Hades
you have
survived,
probably no more than
anybody else
but it's still yours to
play with
and that survival is a very
funny thing,
and it's weird,
passing through all the
wars,
the women,
the hospitals, the jails,
youth,
middle-age,
suicide dances,
decades of
nothingness.
now in a Sushi joint
on a side street
in a small town,
it all passes before
you
quickly
like a bad
movie.
still, there is this
strange feeling of
peace.
© Frank Silvanski
when the dogs back
off,
you are sitting in a
Sushi joint
working the chopsticks
between two tall bottles of
Kirin
and you are quietly thinking
about any number of Hades
you have
survived,
probably no more than
anybody else
but it's still yours to
play with
and that survival is a very
funny thing,
and it's weird,
passing through all the
wars,
the women,
the hospitals, the jails,
youth,
middle-age,
suicide dances,
decades of
nothingness.
now in a Sushi joint
on a side street
in a small town,
it all passes before
you
quickly
like a bad
movie.
still, there is this
strange feeling of
peace.
© Frank Silvanski
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