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last exhaleThe party had been over for a month / And the balloons remained. / Lifeless, lying on the floor;
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Mar 7, 2014
we now must beInvincible-young, / Running through the pages / Like the book will never end.
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May 5, 2013
fancy herGiven everything / Since her first day in the womb, / She never had to work for anything.
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Mar 26, 2013
us, soldiersSleeping on the floor / Same clothes on. / Night before,
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Mar 25, 2013
I don't knowI don’t know what it meant then, / And I don’t know what it means now, / But in that moment,
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Mar 20, 2013
the dedicationThe Crowd’s all laughing / Wrapped around the bar / Smiling big, throwing heads back
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Jan 25, 2013
the love cantorThe love cantor sings in streets and bars. / She sends her voice to foreign stars. / And when a couple falls in love,
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Nov 29, 2012
wax footprintEvery picture found / Every memory had / Every smile that was seen,
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Nov 21, 2012
messy-hairedThey bless the rings / Then say “kiss the bride.” / Smile out of the church,
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Oct 22, 2012
detail of the blood-danceSitting at her desk / The quill to the paper. / She wrote viscously,
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May 7, 2012
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