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new years part 2


today
i found a rabbit ear in a stack of hay
it's been a week since new years day
the night before,
we screamed into the ocean
and box stepped on the beach
intoxicated by serbian red wine
we finished the bottle
and our resolutions
before morning
and i could have sworn
that was the best moment of my life
there with our soaking sopping shoes
learning to dance
while the world exploded
from every direction
but the sea
and we buried a bird
where the lilacs grow
tucked her in
you told me when an elephant dies,
the females all together
lift the body with their trunks
and mourn



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