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right angles, sharp and sudden.
‘Puts Me to Work’ echoes through the house, / Cate Le Bon’s voice bouncing off the walls. / I can almost see it, storming down the hallway,
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Apr 30, 2012
lullaby.
100 milligrams of flexeril / to relax my beating heart / until the muscle stops
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Apr 30, 2012
bliss.
another newport, another bowl, another drink / to see me through. / another sedative to seperate
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Apr 30, 2012
wet paper sack.
she stalks from room to room / talking of imminent doom / and the flowers in her hair
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Apr 30, 2012
the truth today.
another day, another week, another month, another year, / another high, another low, another dream, another fear . . . / another song, another phrase . . . another day.
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Apr 30, 2012
porter.
striving for simplicity / has starting seeming / quite similar to settling
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Apr 29, 2012
mitochondria.
now that territory outweighs tolerance, / we all just march in search of conquest, / for it is this that we were born to do.
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Apr 29, 2012
the truth behind the totem pole.
suddenly *** / is a conscious decision. / i don't like it,
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Apr 29, 2012
atom.
they spur us on with mock encouragement. / a goal like a carrot / dangling like a participle right before our eyes.
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Apr 29, 2012
bracelet.
it broke while i was sleeping. / tangled around my wrist / the sheets
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Apr 29, 2012
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