Some dark nights I drift out my window,
Where the streets are long strings
of red and white pearls,
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Each one humming.
And sometimes
I'll get as far as the outskirts.
There the hills clench the city
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Like a burning shield.
But from how far I went this dark night,
Twelve million and one street lamps
Were only a cheaply sequined dress.
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Worn by the mountains,
Tossed under bullet hole stars.
