Things I Didn't Know I Loved

	

 	it's 1962 March 28th

I'm sitting by the window on the Prague-Berlin train 

night is falling

I never knew I liked

night descending like a tired bird on a smoky wet plain 

I don't like

comparing nightfall to a tired bird



I didn't know I loved the earth

can someone who hasn't worked the earth love it 

I've never worked the earth

it must be my only Platonic love



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