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Rhythmic Demise*plat, plat, plat* / went the blood as it spat on the floor. / He entered the tub a few hours before.
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Remember // A WarningStay away from the blue-eyed boy down the road because God knows blue-eyed boys are trouble. He's poured ice in his chest and painted his thin lips red to convince you they still have life. / Instead, find the boy with dark eyes and coltish legs and feed him flowers blooming from cacti and honey warmed over the stove and watch his features soften under your touch. / And let yours soften too.
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CloudsShe was light and frolicsome, always dancing on tip-toes. / Everyone tried to ground her and spoon-feed reality into the pit of her stomach, / but her head was in the clouds, and she dare not come down.
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A Winged Nightmare*My Little Bird* / Oh, how I always hated that nickname. / I'm no bird.
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Stranger,It is one to lose a lover / It is two to lose a friend / It is me who never wanted
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The RaptorShe gripped the stomach in her talons and pulverized it / until the victim was gasping for air / and then its jaw dropped open
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Black: a Blanket, a FriendHe turned on the light and I shouted because nothing felt as good against my bleeding heart than the blanket of black I had surrounded it with. / Light means inspiration and joy and painting with purple while listening to music, but black lets time stand still. / Black doesn't tell you to inhale deeply because there are more atoms in your lungs than stars in the universe.
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The Flower ThiefWalking down the sidewalk of my suburban neighborhood / Littered with wild flowers clumsily drifting across our path / A path beaten down by the hurtful feet of children at play
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Dryope, the nymphI love you / follow me / down into this deep blue sea
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Atom's DesireI hope I am right not / to allow my body to drag it's lifeless parts back to you / to bathe in your distorted clarity
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