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"Too Much TV"
We read “Captain Hook’s collection of psalms,
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And other songs to sing along to.”
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Nothing better
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Feb 7, 2013
"Howling to Mother Moon"
It was Saturday,
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And you said God was with us.
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So, we drove as fast as possible-
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Into blisteri
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Feb 6, 2013
"All the birds around here look sick"
Long for a pure existence.
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Safe inside the comfort -
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Of my own mind.
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Contemplating this idea /
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Dec 1, 2012
Margret Moon
Heard the moon from under a blanket.
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Wrapped in silk she rapps on my window,
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begging in the most
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Nov 29, 2012
"Combustion"
The streetlights are never lonely.
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Cars always got a companion or two.
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Feet to the street.
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No
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Oct 28, 2012
"Playing the role of dog in heat"
Aphrodite - Queen bitch,
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Slouching.
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Elbows resting on glass countertop -
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Go fuck yourself.
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A
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Oct 11, 2012
"Infinite Mortality"
Laughing mans gotta run.
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Feels it.
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Kicks up his spine - It used to only crawl.
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Shake a little
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Oct 3, 2012
"Who now draws from me?"
Who now draws from me,
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But forest, field and brook?
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I am returning-
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Soil to the potters hand.
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Sep 21, 2012
"Children of..."
Fall brings the cold.
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Where did all the children wander off to?
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Better scoop them up quickly, /
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Sep 18, 2012
"Your free to live, as long as you die."
No one cares unless you’re a character,
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Straight from the pages.
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Go on boy do something special.
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Sep 15, 2012
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