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Water BalloonsThe air in this room is heavier at night, / it inflates my lungs like water balloons. / I think about what loneliness is,
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SurgeonI'm gonna sew your lips / And show you what you've done / I'm gonna sew your lips
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115 TowersI stood at the bridge on Monroe, / peering into a stale brown river / hoping to be swept away
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We Built CathedralsWe built cathedrals on street corners / under heavy orange lights / cascading down our faces.
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Your Husband, at Some Friday PartyI wondered for the first time today / about the man that will capture your heart, / like I never could.
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Angles and LightingI'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life: / all the pictures you see of me weren't goofy moments / with friends and family whose cameras sympathize.
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Part 2 - The WarThe children snatched up their guns / and left to fight their grandfathers' war / There were liars and cheaters
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Prayer by a Doubting ThomasI’m afraid of dying. / I’m afraid of what / I’ve been warned about you.
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You'll Find SparrowsYou'll find sparrows, my mother said / Not in the thick, / nor the deep dark
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Window PaintingsIn 1558 Pieter Brueghel painted / Icarus falling to the blue and green water / in a darkened corner, out of sight
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