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"Berlin Night" by Mia Avramut
Exposed Brick in Candlelight
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by the third glass of wine we
cleared the room 
of elephants and watched 
the shadows of the couple sitting 
next to us waver 
on the wall; they had much less to discuss, 
I’ll bet 




James H Duncan

James H Duncan is the founding editor of Hobo Camp Review and is the author of eight collections of poetry, including Lantern Lit, Vol. 1 (Dog On A Chain Press) andBerlin (Maverick Duck Press). For more, visit www.jameshduncan.com. 

​Mia Avramut is a Romanian-American writer and artist who worked in laboratories and autopsy rooms from Pittsburgh to San Francisco. Her poetry, prose, and artwork have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Prick of the Spindle, saltfront, The Knicknackery,Thrice Fiction, Conclave: a Journal of Character, Escape into Life, Santa Fe Literary Review, Petrichor Machine, Paper Nautilus, and several anthologies. She lives in Essen, Germany.
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