NOIR POETRY 365 DAY 011 | POEM #014

[IN A LONELY PLACE] 

once again there are flowers

all those arguments 

you thought winning 

meant something real

beyond clouds passing 

ghosts of future rain

white lies you let

fester like mold 

on lips bitter gray

kneeling by a new cold bed

searching for what was lost

a vomitorium of stark regret  

blooming empty far too late

all you have are flowers now

left to wilt on a grave 

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“In a Lonely Place” is also the title of a 1950 American film noir by director Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, based on a 1947 novel with the same title by mystery writer Dorothy B. Hughes.

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