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The cracks in the sidewalk
have the same unevenness.
Grass growing through the concrete,
has the same tenacity.

Stares of strangers
hide the same hatred.
Facades of buildings
hide the same secrets.

My loneliness
speaks the same language.
Your distance
leaves the same hollow.

Move to this new city
keeps the same desperation.
New Apartment
still has the same dinginess.

My plan of escape
has the same failure.
New opportunity
has the same disappointment.

Familiarity in this place,
shows the strangeness even more.


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