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America's National TeenagerThe envelope was red, white and blue just like the flag / Betsy Ross spent days with bleeding fingers over so many / years ago. It was addressed to me from an unknown sender.
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Aug 9, 2010
BubblesIt begins with a meltdown / Talk me down. Let me cry it out. / A kind word. The inquisition.
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Aug 10, 2010
California Sounds AmazingThere's this boy / who can make me smile / without even knowing it.
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Aug 10, 2010
CentoWe are standing in line outside of something / often rebuked, yet always back returning. / I heard laughter and forgotten consonants,
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Sep 2, 2013
ConsciousUncomfortable. Thoughts / rush through the spin cycle. / Secrets hold the tongue of the skeptic
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Jun 14, 2012
Daddy's Little GirlHer tiny fingers wrapped in his big, dark palm and / the beginnings of dark curls and jade green eyes show / she's peaceful, content and at 47 minutes, 6 seconds,
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Aug 10, 2010
Falling In LoveWhere midnight is bright as day and time never does slow down / I find myself alone for the first time ever, walking along where / nobody knows who I am and they wouldn’t really care if they did.
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Aug 9, 2010
Fast Cars and FreedomSchool’s out. All that’s required of me is to write. / I can do that from anywhere. I’m ready to run. / As soon as we round a corner and travel from
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Aug 9, 2010
Fatal AttractionThe crushing silence of the ocean. / The harsh screeches of the gulls. / Long beaches stretched wide and open;
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Aug 10, 2010
Frustration (again and again)F is for frustration / With my front right wheel / For breaking again and again.
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Sep 26, 2014
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