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SeniorI have longed for this year since fourth grade / When I learned what a val-e-dic-tor-ian was / And realized I wanted to be one.
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Wake up!Wake up! / It's morning, you know it, the world around you says so / A chorus of beeping: the clock, the coffee *** the first cars with impatient drivers, the shrill door chime of the store at the end of the block with its first customer of the day, the microwave saying your hastily-made oatmeal is done, the phone alerting you to your first message of the day, the computer screaming about the emails that piled up overnight.
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Modern WordsModern words do no good in love. / Cars, jeans, mini skirts, flirting, and texts / Pale in comparison to
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One LineChipmunks: Adorable, furry daredevils. Or dumb.
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Why I Hate MirrorsWhen I peer into the mirror / (Clean clear glass on silver / A porthole into backwards-land)
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Balance in a Wobbly WorldFew things that are constant / are appreciated for long. / Sun in California
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Backwards LoveWe'll never reach a balance. / You tug at me and then let out so much slack I fall on my face. / And I do the same to you.
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Deadweight LonelinessOld stale black licorice / Crushed with a rolling pin / Ground into a minuscule mountain of ash
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Grave DancerI’m going to dance on your grave. / I will hoot and holler and stomp up and down / Rattling your bones in that bag of loose flesh that’s slowly melting off .
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My Idea of a Summer AfternoonI love you. / I love you more than / A warm summer afternoon
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