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Hey man, can I borrow your lighter?The funny thing about living in the dark / is that you don’t know it, / because there’s no light to expose it.
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Triggers*It smells like snow.* / The air whips crisply through / her lungs as she inhales.
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GuatemalaTheir eyes tell stories that no words could do justice. / Just pick up any child on the side of the road / and you can read a novel in one glance.
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He would be shocked (10 word poem)If he only knew / how many poems / he has inspired.
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Life Goes Onone, two, three-- / close your eyes / and you will see.
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R.I.P. AcquaintanceI didn't cry or anything. / I hadn't talked to him in years. / But I couldn't shake the question:
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LingeringThe desire never leaves. / But what is desire alone / but a single sock,
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Identity Crisis (10 word poem)Either you don't know me, / or I'm no longer myself.
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Wait, I gotta write this down. (10 word poem)"Mom, I think in poetry." / Now *she thinks* I'm insane.
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Finally Forgetting (10 word poem)I forgot his birthday was on Saturday... / It feels great.
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