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the gold chain turns your neck green
and the full suitcase
at the empty train station
feels like a metaphor

6 dobermans test the chainlink fence
outside the used car dealership

"no credit no problem"

saline mixes with oil paint
rattle cans stick to calloused hands

and the broken bathtub
in the dumpster
feels like a relief
sweating bullets and loading them
into a revolver

russian roulette with a couple
of americans