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A Chance To Swing
I think I saw you once, sitting silent on the swings; / Your pervasive empty made the cold that February morning sting; / The chains were dormant, and you had nothing to say.
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May 24, 2012
A Dead Horse; A Sleeping Dog
I understand where you’re coming from. “It’s sick. Let’s fix it.” / I might be an animal, but you’re no veterinarian. / This horse might not be dead, yet, but you’re not the right person to kick it over.
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May 6, 2012
Angel
Have you come down from somewhere? / Is it because I’m going down, too? / What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
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May 6, 2012
An Understanding
We understand that stress kills you. / We’re here to help. / It doesn’t mean you can relax.
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May 10, 2012
A Ten Word Delusion
Could you talk yourself into romance? / Would that be bad?
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May 24, 2012
A Ten Word Exposition of Societal Masochism
It really makes me wonder / Why we do these things.
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May 22, 2012
A Ten Word Promise
I promise I have reasons / For acting like I do.
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May 22, 2012
a to-do list i have made just for you
Welcome. / This is all we have for you. / Live now.
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Mar 19, 2013
Battery
You’re laboring under the false assumption that I’m willing to work at anything right now. / You’re laboring under the false assumption that any part of me is working how it should right now. / Here’s something: When you connect one wire to both sides of a battery, the plastic coating of the wire starts to sizzle and melt and smoke.
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May 6, 2012
Broccoli
Etymologically, / *paradise* / is inherited from the Latin
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Mar 19, 2013
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