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Silk RoadDown from Aleppo to the sea we rode / Down from Aleppo to the sea / On swaying, snow white camels we rode

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Summer SolsticeSummer Solstice / "Everybody knows that the change is coming / "Everybody knows that the deck is stacked"

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SolsticeThe sun sank in the tendrils of the winter winds / Light quickly faded / The long night begins

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I'm haunted by IguanasI am haunted by iguanas / Crawling though the attics of my dreams / And lately my front teeth

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RAINKey of A / In January, 2010, Shinseki pointed out that 20 percent of some 30,000 suicides in the US each year are committed by veterans, which means that an average of 18 veterans commit suicide each day. / Was it yesterday it rained?

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Avalon"where the air was never extreme, which for rain had a little silver dew, which of itself and without labour, bore all pleasant fruits" / After a weary journey / Our faith revealed

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Woman from the North CountryAt last the traveler, / Aware that darkness is coming on, / Though weakened and shaken from the steep climb

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Video HeadHis hair is poofed, 8 out of ten / Teeth polished soft white / Back is naired, nails all clipped

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The BeastWe could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages. And those ages are gone, leaving hardly a sign and no memories. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there, there you could look at a thing monstrous...and free. The Heart of Darkness / Slowly ever so slowly / Gliding above the burning things below

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For Terri (and Syria)Sliding in the gray smoke of sleep / He seemed to see another version of the night / Where does this pain come from?

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