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Happendings
i'msorrythere'sgottabeabetterwaytodothisbutyougottaknowit'sjustthat / when i / wrote you that
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Nov 16, 2010
The Only Language I Know
there's a strange symmetry to the words we speak, / because i see the twinkling waves your mouth has formed. / yes, i'd be your albatross if you let me
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Jul 22, 2010
Persounds
i thought of you this morning when i was stood up for lunch / and i drove by your neighborhood / but that house is emptier than even my stomach
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Jul 17, 2010
The Sound of Present Tense
I want to know what goes on / behind those pretty little eyes / before the night has won you over yet again.
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Jun 28, 2010
what if we all saw in different colors?
ha-hahaa you lost it, didn'tcha? dintcha? / your shooting stars were bombs / but at least you got your wish through
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Jun 5, 2010
It Sounded Better When You Said It
now, every time, / it's like looking a complete stranger in the eye / and saying "I want to know everything about you,"
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Mar 2, 2010
Only Natural
Calloused fingers trace their intentions upon the smoothest silk of / skin, like waves reflecting the moon's light back to a sunless state of / day. We've braved the trenches of social interactions, the jungles of
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Feb 7, 2010
All the Bad that makes us Good
your voice was some kind of faint afterthought / drifting around in the ether. / i reached with fingertips stretched
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Feb 7, 2010
Valeez
each beam broke through the blanket of clouds / streaming past the mountain's edge on it all / to come crashing to ground
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Feb 7, 2010
The Science of Love
Heavy sleep. Alarm clock blaring. The bus I missed. The way you / looked at me when I sat down. How you liked the shirt I was wearing. / My awkward compliment on your outfit. Your number in my phone.
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Feb 7, 2010
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