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Osama

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puddles of light
a scattering cloud of geckos
contour of a woman through the rain
second bomb
an otherworldly map, like the surface of the moon
a man reading a newspaper, standing up
a yellow-white coat of paint
caravana de la muerte
the imprisoned singing of live frogs
a cold and waterless sea
black hiking shoes
an emptiness of sound

everywhere’s a good place for a drink
a warm, safe place
hollow cells in a honey bee hive
one of us
being a detective
everybody comes from somewhere
into Monceau
fabriques
cheap suits and American voices
the fat man
dead-end
missed connections
red flowers, blossoming

the angel of Christian charity
Romeo and Juliets
voices at a funeral
forget the detective
bruisers and cruisers
convict’s last
we are at war and I am a soldier
hobbies for the dead men
the reality of this situation
a trail of graffiti
the angel of St. Giles
the one clear thread
men like clouds
a short history of dreams

the secret inscriptions on the mind
the body in the library
an explorer in a silent film
loss hovering between the dust motes
a hill of beans
cuckoo-bird mother
knives, corpses, vases and gods
litter in the desert
Mo’s last case
lost again
another better world
London after midnight
no place like home
the man in the beaver hat
forget Chinatown
hell is an abandoned station
the colour of a bruise, blue against black
refugees
over the rainbow
assault on 22 Frith street
a sheet of paper, folded accordion-fashion
the letter from America
but soon
a second invasion
closing doors

nothing to declare
artificial day
towers reaching for the sky
in the pages of a book
what ifs
Osama verse
I heart Osama
dark Arabica
clear and present danger
cell
doors in films
yellow-sun brightness
ghost stories

postcards
fading
strands
time
afternoon dreams
black dust
Longshott
the luxury of waiting
waxing moon
waning
folly
Joe

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