Coalesce Lit Mag

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Now For Us 09/16/2013 1 Comment   by Bryan Stillman I’ve not heard a word During this past half an hour In front of the Television. I've witnessed guns and fires, wigs and opinions. I've changed the channels and adjusted the volume. I’ve stared and they've stared back. I’ve expelled several turbulent breaths, Shed skin cells and buried memories in new puzzles Of recall and forget. I’ve felt alone while preferring it. I wish you sat close, leaning, Embracing this vast distance Between our silently composed stare-down. Everywhere I look, I see you. I wish you were less elusive. **** Bryan Stillman is grateful to have lived in San Francisco for the last eighteen years. His new favorite question is 'Now What?"