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title: 'Northern Major Standstill'
url: 'https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/northern-major-standstill'
markdown: 'https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/northern-major-standstill.md'
date: '2004-12-21'
description: 'in the quiet still compactness of the moment i taste the air hard upon my tongue reluctant within my chest and silently wait for you'
taxonomy:
  category:
    - Journal
  tag:
    - poetry
---

# Northern Major Standstill

## [Northern Major Standstill](https://stevenjaycohen.com/journal/northern-major-standstill)

    21st Dec 2004   [poetry](https://stevenjaycohen.com/tag:poetry#body-wrapper)  

in the quiet still compactness of the moment

i taste the air hard upon my tongue reluctant within my chest

and silently wait for you

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