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​Luke Tan

​dreams (keep the lights on)

jellyfish clouds suspended in / sweaty bottles of rich summer / [tropicana grovestand
high-pulp calcium enriched?]
/ golden ichor textured with crumpled plastic bags / [78mg
Vitamin C?]
dancing in the mouth / and dripping out through the ears / floating vertigo
balanced of tangerine suns 

                                                                                                   boy, I sure love orange juice! 
                             wait, mom, aren’t I allergic?  

rise and shine and smile / to whirring fans and LED bulbs / blazing eyes are too
heavy and confused / too bitter and sour in the light / little incandescent fires taunt
me / but through blurred vision i can still see / lovely weather and smeared orange
sunsets

                                                                                               it was yummy as a child!

backward vision is a blind cave bat / fly forth and fly high for something bright / for
some fruit for me and you / let’s share a slice and a saccharine memory / because isn’t
it all so round and orange and / lovely and shimmering and precious and / fleeting,
so share a sweet moment with yourself 


               over a glass of orange juice, let’s talk for a while

​passing

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About the Author/Artist

Luke Tan is a 16 year old writer/photographer from New Jersey. In his free time he enjoys scrolling through eBay for bad vintage camera deals that he will never buy, and he hopes you have a nice day!
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