I walk
   darkness draping over my shoulders
 
perverted reflections of light
   play hide and seek
      beneath my feet
 
my senses captured in the eddy
   created
 
by the roar
     and
breath of the ocean
         mixing
with the voice
     and
buzz of the streets
 
the fortune teller
   appears before me in the darkness
 
'Your energy
      is very strong'�
   the fortune teller says with a smile
 
Another step
 
'A woman
      is very envious of you'�
  the fortune teller says
 
Challenging my curiosity
 
'I see tears
   many tears
     that you hide inside
       and cover with a smile
         so no one can see'�
   the fortune teller says
 
'come sit down
       only $10, I'll read your palms'�
    the fortune teller says  
 
amused,
   I sit,
      and unfold my book
         into her hands
 
from the deeply etched lines
   she renders my story
 
a story I already know
 
I stand,
   look up to the heavens
      the darkness punctured
         by points of illumination
 
I walk
   darkness draping over my shoulders

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