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relativitythe world is all in this cold coffee cup / bathed in the light of an artificial sun / surrounded by dust-fleck stars.

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Familiar PlaceSticky, sweet air clings all around me / Oppressive silence and overly chilled air / Whispers run across my ears

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This is not a poemThis is not a song, either. / This, scribbles on a page, / is nothing of consequence.

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Summer SelfMoments ago, / Summer gave way to fall as it eternally does. / Moments with you seem lost yet immediate.

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Hushed NightWe lie straight as pins in our graves. / Drifting through nights without life, / Listening to the sounds of other people's silence.

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For you.If I gave it all to you, would it matter? / And say I did, do you think you would notice? / Because I’m climbing mountains you make look like hills,

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DownSometimes I just can’t hide my disappointment / When slowly the color trickles out of my day / The patina is scrubbed off, and all is said and done

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There will be daysThere will be days / Like holidays and Tuesdays / When you creep into my mind to occupy the place I’ve tried to hide

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UntitledWhat can we make of this- / the brokenness in all of us, / I crave your arms and your armor,

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UntitledCould I possibly continue this? / Madness in the aftermath / Never learned

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