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The Smell of Fried Spaghetti
There is no smell in all the world,
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None in the North or South,
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None in the East or West,
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None
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Dappled Light
What beauty shines in dappled light,
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In misty morning air?
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What beauty's cloaked in foggy mist,
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This Fake Banana
Banana taffy,
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Hard and smooth,
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Like a banana cream pie,
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But not as rich.
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Banana milk,
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So p
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Frustration
Frustration
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Do this, do that
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No choice
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Do it now
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No control
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A child
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Directed
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Dictated
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Peppermint Bark
A square, molded piece,
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Perfect in dimensions,
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Perfect in form.
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White perfect chocolate,
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Red
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Second Skin
The fuzzy purple blanket under me,
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Like fur caressing my skin,
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So soft, so sensual, like a soft
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Imitation Strawberries
there’s something
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about the taste
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the feel
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the experience
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of imitation strawberries
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strawb
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Twisted Thorns
Darkness, shadows,
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Twisted thorns,
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Twisted trunks,
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Like hunched hags,
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Crooked trolls,
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Thor
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Eerie in the Half Light
eerie in the half light
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light reflecting off snow
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bright shadow
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shadowy light
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the mist rolls
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In the Early Morning Light
In the early morning light,
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Drifting and lazing, half asleep,
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So relaxed, so calm, so peaceful,
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