She sang like a ghost in a fog.
Dew on the saxophones,
Rain on the drum kit.

The napkin read,
"Remember, it's the 1900's."

It was always almost dawn,
never fully light.

The fog never lifted,
the ghost always whispered.

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Galen almost 13 years ago

Beautiful.

mroshaugh (joined almost 13 years ago)
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