ATLANTIC CITY
You have the most beautiful and sincere
fake smile I've ever seen
Several times you've almost sold me a ticket
to whirl on its white Ferris wheel
Whether you know it or not, you deserve to be loved
like Salt water taffy on the tongue of a two year old
You are the most scintillating thing on Absecon Island
so sexy that I almost forgive you for not having a bookstore
at night, the sight of you snatches the air from my lungs
like Funnel cake from the hand of a foreign tourist
I've been enchanted by you at least as long
as the last roulette wheel has been spinning
the dunes on your beaches are impressive
even though I know all the sand is silicone
every morning I wonder if ordering free drinks until I pass out
isn't the same as betting it all on black
Still, I imagine your hand curled in mine
like a lifeguard dozing in a shaded chair
your history haunts, relentless
as the voice of a beggar on the Boardwalk
I'd bet my top hat that I could never be bored
with your monopoly on the streets of my heart
during hurricane Irene, while we were apart
I missed you like the last bus to Brigantine
I've ignored prettier cities than you
but none that so stupidly stops my needle on North
every night I pray to be the last chip you cash in
before the moon comes on like an empty fuel light.
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