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I disappeared like a summer day

Like the wasted hours

And humid haste

I disappeared like the morning haze

Like the muffled grey

And pregnant day

I disappeared like a place to lay

Like lining sheets

And anxious wait

I disappeared like heavy words

Like warming breath

And calming ways

I disappeared like dripping tongues

Like wretched rock

And red contempt

I disappeared like loving comfort

Like common places

And old new faces

I disappeared like covered madness

Like shouted notes

And sidewalk chords

I disappeared like asphalt fissures

Like cigarettes

And yellowed scraps

I disappeared like desert wind

Like huddled water

And canyon spins

I disappeared like smoke.