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Disappointment
I was given a name the day I was born / Later, I was given another. / Later still, I married and took another name.
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Goodnight, My Love
Goodnight, my love, / though miles away, / your voice is all that I need
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This is My Emo Poem
No one likes me. / (razor blade, razor blade) / Everybody hates me.
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Worst Case Scenario
The worst case scenario / is that you will leave / and I will never see you again.
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Funny
It's funny how you pretend / that you never called me / when I failed to pick up the phone.
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Puzzle
Who do I see when I look in the mirror? / Do I have my mother's eyes? / My father's nose?
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Crushing
And once again I find myself / crushed beneath the sole / of a size twelve, steel toed boot.
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Mayberry
No two people / ever conceived by God / could possibly be more alike than us
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Ugly Babies
....and as the mother comes to realize she loves her children despite their ugliness, I have come to, at least, accept the gangling imperfections of my writing as the hallmark of my intellectual progeny. Thank you.
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When I'm Gone
Bury me high on Sugarloaf Mountain / in a mule chest made of pine. / I'm not looking for anything special,
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