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Tuppence and tithes"Whose life is the most meager, / the monkey or the organ?" / To screech and wind the
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Palmtrees grow from siliconePerfection was rumored to be living three blocks from the bakery / I, intrigued, found myself on the porch of a dingy white house, with a forsaken garden / I knocked, the door cracked
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Tissues and stitchesWhy will this not break? / Why will this not fade into / awry little women muttering apologies?
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Sanity in LimboGrunting is for favors, groaning is for games / Lachrymose while kisses engulf my senses / My jaw aches for destruction, my heart for love, my body for temptation
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S&MSometimes I pretend to be a stranger passing through / I approach afraid, confused / I walk about disorientated, unsure of what I'm looking for
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I Won'tI'm scared, / petrified of retreating to nostalgia and chaining my ambition there / of settling for the everyday, to never dream of "ifs" and "maybe's"
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The Many Bearers of Mrs. XWe are on the outside, / peering in / They've let the two-way glamour
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i can't learn pianohere i am, waxing poetic and waning harangue / learning to quit but teaching to win / if losers don't win, and winners never cry
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The Etc.'sI don't want to be a hero, to have the world on my shoulders / I'm content with applauding, with sitting at home / Tights are uncomfortable, and capes I would trip on
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and thenit happens, the little shiver pats you on the back and compliments you / you stay mute, and it touches your eyelashes / it's whispering
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