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vacancywhat did i used to do before you occupied every fold of my brain / i never felt incomplete skating between days / what did i give up to make room for you telling me you loved me
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Nov 8, 2016
SYD -- LAX -- JFKmy feet had barely greeted california / when my face matched the new summer, / cheeks blooming uneven,
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Jun 19, 2015
renovationsi only find my solace in half rhymes and soft narcotics / and twice-sung dueled harmonics / keep my tongue between my teeth
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Jun 18, 2015
four lines for forgettingjune is only just learning to walk when i plucked strawberries from my parents's garden / and my second thought was to tell you / that my first thought was to tell you.
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Jun 9, 2015
reverse-culture shockwhen i wake up without my glasses sometimes / i think i'm still in a tent on the side of a highway in queensland / and the sun coming up starts a stopwatch
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Jun 8, 2015
winter is the time for untrained landscape artistsjanuary in jersey is painted with globs of oils / all icicles and sharp edges and unmixed colors -- / the view from my window when i lean out
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Dec 28, 2014
an argument for standing stilli can't fathom the depths of the ocean / and i don't know if that's a cliche or a pun or both / but being with him made me want to watch glaciers calve
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Oct 9, 2014
Thrift Store PaintingLate at night I mimic the moon / and begin my satellite circuit / from the pantry to the fridge
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Aug 12, 2014
sky highif every ghost of words i tore in half haunted half as bright as a single dot on your light bright / i'd be giving time square a run for its overpriced roasted nuts and candy bars that fell off the back of a truck / and if every time i dipped into my brain for a distraction and came out with nets full of your name
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Aug 8, 2014
i don't much like long drives but you could be my dramaminemaybe we could take a trip to one of those musical roads / that are cut to hum a tune / let our ears buzz away the dark thoughts threatening
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Jun 25, 2014
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