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As I walk down the rain-soaked streets of my childhoodA sour breath hangs over this city / Like the deep exhale after battle, / Gunpowder rots on my clothes,
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May 7, 2016
BecauseBecause the fog hasn't lifted since this morning, / Because the toaster burnt my toast, / Because toaster settings are never accurate,
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Jan 30, 2014
Waiting at a bus stopThe shadows from the towering buildings and twisting shapes up above fall / like mazes on the sidewalk that lead to nowhere, / so I choose not to follow them
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Jul 8, 2012
Birds are things unconvincedBirds are things unconvinced, / They fly because they fall - / Because they've tasted the sea
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Aug 6, 2011
History Repeating History Repeating HisotryThe fiery gates of moments past / Await our doomed entreat / To walk the steps long placed before
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Jul 19, 2011
World War VWhen shadows are frosted by dust on the wall, / The heavens haze over and birds turn to fall. / Some men never bother to notice the night,
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Jul 19, 2011
Or So I Have Been ToldThe Universe lies end to end, / Or so I have been told, / Its corners edge 'round ev'ry bend
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Jul 19, 2011
OpportunityOpportunity / Is a single droplet of water / In the fruitless desert
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Jul 19, 2011
SmileI would tell you first - / First of all, I don't smile / As much as I should.
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Jul 18, 2011
Love GoneI can't remember / Why it was that you moved me - / Smells on my pillow.
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Jul 17, 2011
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