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2/08/2022

The Day We Drank Nightwatch

Hi there. Working on a 2nd draft of BOOK FIVE. Stay tuned. Rolling along. Walking 5 miles in my heavy boots is a workout! Today, there were so many geese, it was like a bird orchestra. Saw a Blue Tick Hound, an enormous Rottweiler, a pack of 6 mutts, two Huskies, and a pack of Boston Terriers I believe. Oh, the other day in the graveyard, I saw 6 crows chasing a hawk away. And last night, I thought I saw my true love on the street, but it could've been a superhero, not sure. Hope you like the poem.

The Day We Drank Nightwatch

Gum was stuck to the sewer
grates.
No rain
the day we drank
Nightwatch by the Space Needle,
strumming songs,
proven by prison
tattoos.
Your long-key fingers
crawled to move.
Nothing else about you
was gorgeous.
Evenings, you were fast
and jerky.
Mornings, you were slow,
shaky, slow.
You were a slick black, one-
way,
straight shot.
You were the sharpest,
most untouchable
thief.
You were the coolest,
smoothest, loaded
bullet.

C.A. MacConnell