grace-mcquillan
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After All
It'll catch me someday, / It'll take me by the hand, / Lead me onward on a strand of stars,
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Dec 3, 2011
A Simple Greeting
An arid thin breeze whips my back. / The dirt beneath my feet is brittle and cracked. / With each step dust envelops my toes and fills the grooves in my skin.
10
Dec 3, 2011
Dear Population of Social Sponges
Half-moons turn to full as my eyes flutter open / The white hot light is disorienting. / My fingernails are the first thing I notice
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Feb 29, 2012
Golden
“It’s going to be a golden day”, / You’d say before you left / Every morning, I’d mourn for your return.
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Dec 3, 2011
Gone away
Diamonds fall from my eyes every now and again. / They shatter in my palms / And leave trails of black soot.
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Jan 11, 2012
Graduation
It’s coming to a close, / A chapter I’ve revisited from beginning to end, / In my mind all the moments
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Dec 3, 2011
Grey
When I get grey / Sight and sound will be distant / But perhaps this is for the best.
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Jan 11, 2012
I Need More Quarters
I walk around from place to place / and I see beauty / and I cock my head
19
Dec 3, 2011
I Think You Love Someone
When you can trade a smile for a smile, / And it's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen.
2
Dec 3, 2011
Just made it up on the spit spot, and I don't have a title.
I'm spending money on things I *hate*. / Meanwhile I change from day to day. / And I can't quite figure *it* out.
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Dec 3, 2011
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