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Inspired by James Fenton's "The Possibility"I remember well my first day of preschool / When the teacher taught us the Golden Rule / And how we were all God’s little caterpillars.
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Makeup (1.16.10)Painting my eyes black / Blindly mucking up my face / It is disgusting
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How Many Times Will I Be Laid Bare?For all the smoke we put up, I’ll admit it was never much, / Not the flames it should have been, just a small, coveted spark / And for all my fanning, blowing, tending, it was yet too hot to touch,
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Leaving Home Forever with One Medium SuitcaseMy laptop, iPod / Lie flat against the bottom / So conveniently
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ThunderstormsThe jolt is what wakes me / In the air, in my stomach / With chills running up my legs
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Sea Turtles (11.13.09)A welcome relief / Fresh air / Innocence and longing
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Arriving in WashingtonThe notes began to float like bubbles through the air / And I, in unprecedented wisdom, made no move / To catch them as they wound about my hair.
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A Person in a Capsule in an Envelope in a WorldThis is my decoration. / No seriously. / A picture in paper,
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Tickle-Me-StaggeredWe must all live within a dream. / This is my only explanation / For why no one
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The Fight (1.27.10)You deserve better. / I cannot kill a monster. / You shouldn't have to.
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