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Beyond The Divide


Downwind of the 

Halal Cart

my stomach 

starts to growl

 

Foreign smells

have filled the air

my appetite 

to prowl 

 

Those places

I have yet to go

but memory

knows so well

 

Another life

another time

where Heaven

— sleeps with Hell

 

(The Corner Of 34th & Market Streets: July, 2025)

 

 

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