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My jaw wired shut
by Oren Camera Hechtman

as she pulled away in the night the brake light lit the trees behind me.
it reminded me of the moon
the balloon of fire flies hissed with light and power
and below we sat together
touching
feeling our way to security
now unstuck from the past
i thought she could let me live in her
without a name
the trees rustled just then
warning me with their leaves
and telling me i should go

looking back on it now
if someone would have offered
to wire my jaw shut
i would not have turned them down

Oren Camera Hechtman is 24 years old and from Philadelphia, where he is involved in poetry eadings, indie film work, and acting in plays and films.

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