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Sleeping with Stars
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SLEEPING WITH STARS AttheDittoTavernin1990, nightswereblurrycopiesofcopies, speakersandwoofers, andbasslinesrepeatedthemselves likeangrycops.Damn,youweretan: youtookoffyourSubPopTbackstage, anditsghostremained,atorso,likethatfreaky WingedVictoryintheLouvre. Yourforearms,neck,andfacewerebrown, andwrinkleswaitedinthewingsofyoursmooth coolskin.Oh,yes,youwerecool. (Yourweight:110.Yourboyfriend:grunge musician.)Yourcoolnesscoatedme insunblock—thekindthatwearsoffinanhour. Sofriend,it’s2005,andwe’resemi-oldladies, andStephenHawkingsaysblackholes don’tobliteratematter(oriftheydo,it’snotforever)— solet’sbargebackwardsandmarchourgirl selvesdowntotheferryterminalwhereSeattle’s notcool,justrainy.Yourtanfades.Yourknuckles turnpaleandsalty.Thestarsarelostinveils ofmist.Youcan’torientyourselfcelestially. Nowwillyoutakemyhandatlast? Nowwillyoulookatme? 55 ...