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Rationale for Distraction
I lose my mind in passing time / Absorbed by every fleeting find / Consumed by all the world outside;
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Feb 11, 2011
View from Inside
Blinds become bars in the smallness of this room / When out the window wait greens and blooms / And all this drab decoration disguises my tomb.
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Jan 24, 2011
To: My Imagination
Dear Imagination, / There is a thing / Deep inside my grey matter
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Jan 22, 2011
In the Morning, When You're Gone
I can tell that in the morning I will miss you / My arms will stretch, my lips will purse to kiss you / When my groping hands seek but do not find you
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Jan 22, 2011
Making Conversation
I like the colors in your eyes / Like deepest wells and darkest skies / I like the way your sparkle-splashed pupils
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Oct 15, 2010
"Words Used"
My mind, quiet / Tomorrow, with a light heart, / I'll go away
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Oct 9, 2010
Staring at your teeth while you talk
Staring at your teeth / While you talk / I see the white peak from yellowed roots
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Aug 21, 2010
Light Source
The moon and lamppost lead me on / To lighted windows and blue neon / Inside, buzzing freezers filled with trash
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Aug 10, 2010
The Willow Tree
Drooping bows, / Touch the ground, / With time they grow,
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Aug 10, 2010
Almost There
I am one month from forever, / Caps and gowns and then forever, / One night from a breakdown,
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Aug 10, 2010
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