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Pinata
At birthday parties, we didn’t like to imagine / What the paper donkey felt like / Being knocked around
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Sep 22, 2011
Flying Sonnet (rough)
two birds seen floating silent with a breeze / one level with the other, straight ahead / one bird is flapping wings, while one at ease
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Sep 22, 2011
Ode to Fred Nietzsche
Perhaps you were quite noble and perhaps you did implore / That men like you should take after the Sipo Matador / So step on the weak oaks, get higher while you can
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Sep 22, 2011
Bars and Bones
Oh, how I would love to trap you inside of me / Perhaps beneath that cage that is my ribs / Behind those bars that are my bones
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Sep 22, 2011
Inspired by Life in a Love by Robert Browning
Escape! I cried to you – but did you hear? / My faithful voice was muffled by my doubt. / And as I kiss you softly on your ear,
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Sep 22, 2011
Hibernation
We didn’t used to be this way, (I don’t think) / All I want is for you to hold me / We talked about staying in bed
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Sep 22, 2011
Valentine's Day
Valentines day / Orange denim / Moist towelettes
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Sep 22, 2011
Bookmark
I kept the pages of your heart / Bookmarked / Knowing that one day I’d lose my place
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Sep 22, 2011
Ember
The sky above the sea misses the water / once the sun rises, and the skyline sits between them, and I miss you like that. / And, I miss you like the half-blazing cigarette misses those
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Sep 22, 2011
I Am
I am the imbalance / The flaw / I am the ladder in the stocking
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Feb 7, 2011
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