Alexandra Watts Alexandra Watts

Like blood in the water

Some stain expands forever

From my arm that gripped yours

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Alexandra Watts Alexandra Watts

an american prayer

Tell me what it felt like

Because none of us can remember

Tell me did we leave it at the bottom

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Alexandra Watts Alexandra Watts

licks of honey

I dreamt of love as a rose in blood

I dreamt of love as a war in vain

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Alexandra Watts Alexandra Watts

thursday

the clothes seem beaten,

still crumpled in the seats where we sat

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Alexandra Watts Alexandra Watts

In dreams

You carry me into sleep, I sing back

Softly, sadly, steadily

Steel like

The cage surrounding the heart

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