Parallax of One Second

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i said no

to the merchant

of light years

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selling celestial coordinates

of a sweeter time

holographic love

shimmers across solar systems

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now among the big dipper

and orion’s belt

is moritz on a ski lift offering her a gummibär

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and on the 1-95

a couple soundlessly mouth the lyrics

to a red hot chilli pepper’s song

floating among the stars

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sad spectacle

to behold the past this way

silently suspended

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altitude and azimuth

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one day

we’ll take you there

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quantum cure

for heartbreak

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mirror selves of lovers lost

copulating

in a bubblebath

of universes

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