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The Cable Car

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The Haitian effect of stars     grinds the blue firmament     like a cable car by night.     transfixing energy.     One hears myriad tokens     falling into a collection box,     then the twitter of bells     before the trolley steps round     winds near Russian Hill     The night sky is a reservoir,     a cistern stored with disturbing     elements prickling the unknown     in a man.     To watch as life forms, more intricate     than lavender curls, so hushed their tones     produce melodies like "Castor and Pollux", "Leo",     "the Three Sisters", seizes any boarding pass     along the remaining train of thought.

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