• I saw a millionaire eat his shadow" - The Blood Brothers
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    He has eyes like clear water
    that make me think of gypsies
    who might peer into their depths
    and know the truth.
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    They are deceptively shallow pools;
    at first glance reflecting sunlight and
    belaying an amiable warmth. However,
    upon closer inspection, but a thin surface
    for two drowningly deep wells, perfectly round
    and dark at their deepest depths.
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    I would like to throw a coin,
    like a kandkerchief or a goodbye kiss,
    in a gesture of luck, and hope
    that somehow I might hear its
    muted ring as it hits the bottom,
    if such a thing were possible.
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    I would like to stand at the corner,
    hands gripping sun warmed stones,
    gazing at my own rippling reflection,
    waiting for that sound and knowing
    it will never come.
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