raymond-johnsonWhisper

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typhoid maryI've caught you like the common cold / but I have no interest in getting better / spare me the nyquil
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Apr 13, 2016
statica kind of cosmic static - / the background noise lurking behind everything since that fiery moment in which everything came to be. / human beings are the only beings with big enough ears and smart enough brains to hear it.
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Mar 29, 2016
State of the Union Address Pt. 2the year is two thousand and fourteen and something isn't right / in the supposedly post-racial united states of america / the only thing this society seems to be is post humanity.
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Jan 9, 2015
runningsparks light the darkness / for precious quarters of seconds. / the lonely lighter flame reaches its arms towards the cloudless sky.
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Oct 28, 2014
promises“pinky promise you’ll be there for my play?” / i don’t do pinky promises. / “why not?”
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Aug 20, 2014
Untitledi exist somewhere between the kick drum and the snare / i am the blood thundering in our veins / i am the rhythm that gives us life
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Jun 1, 2014
numbersi find it quite sad that the only thing stopping me from beng who i wish to be is a certain sequence of numbers. / numbers seem to have more power over people than any god or government- / this world was built-
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Jun 1, 2014
state of the union addressthe year is two thousand and fourteen and something isn't right / maybe it's related to the fact that there is no more history on the history channel / and the only thing the discovery channel wants to investigate
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Jan 18, 2014
in absentiasometimes i feel that the reason the sun chooses to turn its back on this world and set and the reason that all light leaves is because you are not by my side and i miss you / every time the cool summer breeze steals from beneath barely cracked windowsills and disturbs my blankets i wish that you were there to fix them and to kiss me back to sleep / and when those summer breezes turn into hard winter winds i wish you were there to help keep me warm
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Jan 18, 2014
wishes, desiresif i could paint a picture / of how much i regret the way things ended / it would be a sad assemblage
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Dec 27, 2013
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