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a dead motel sign keeps one letter glowing after midnight. cigarette smoke curls around the ceiling like it has nowhere else to go. the kitchen floor remembers every barefoot apology. a black dress hangs behind the door, waiting for a funeral nobody has announced. somewhere, a church keeps losing the same hymn. june leaves a bruise on the peaches. a stray dog sleeps beneath a truck and dreams of warmer weather. the screen of an old phone lights up for nobody. a highway disappears into the trees before it gets the chance to become a destination. there is lipstick on a glass that hasn't been touched since yesterday. the moon looks cheap tonight, almost close enough to steal. by morning, the glass will be washed, the sign will go dark, and nobody will remember what the light was waiting for.