john-rWhisper

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To-doCaptured by sleep, I fall into fog. / The bugle sounds, and I am on parade. / I read out my plans for the day.
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Mar 6, 2016
Scar tissueAnger? No, that would be inappropriate. / This is the twenty-first century after all; / these days, such things happen.
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May 31, 2014
Brush-offI never said I loved you. / Though I told you that I really liked your company; / which I did, and do.
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May 14, 2014
Vroom VroomEven a witch has to be trained. / The broomstick needs skill to operate, / so pay attention.
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May 12, 2014
3 a.m.Welcome, traveller, to the island of despair. / Every morning, my staff will insinuate / into your skull what you already know:
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May 12, 2014
No half-measuresBetween tree line and snow line, the alpine plants survive. / Cold and desiccation are enemies, but there is no surrender. / Clonal propagation is adequate: *** is often dispensed with.
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May 11, 2014
DefiantWords can bite. / Mostly just a nip — easily forgotten. / But sometimes an injection of neurotoxin,
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Apr 14, 2014
ShamelessWhen Princess Lemon went to bed that night / she knew for sure that everything had changed. / She knew the pounding hoofbeats would pursue
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Apr 10, 2014
EntertainerI'd like you all to be happy. / If I could erase your secret apprehensions, / and kiss your lives better,
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Apr 10, 2014
VocationThe road continues to its vanishing point on the horizon — / where over-ambition falls to earth as delusion / and toil is sublimated into wonder.
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Apr 6, 2014
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