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A Fine Thing To Be
All the elders in my life / take it upon themselves to guide me / to some mystical goal I apparently have.
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Aug 21, 2013
A Muted Aria
Tonight I saw her for the first time in a long time. / I haven't wanted someone so badly in years / and it was beyond any physical yearning.
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Apr 14, 2013
A Night In The Life Of An Addict Romantic
Every time I wake up in a room like this one, / I can hear her whispering in my ear the same sweet refrain / I fell in love with however many years ago.
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Aug 5, 2013
Clean Dead
Somewhere between / the womb and the grave / was when I realized
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Mar 20, 2015
English
There are times when the English language fails me. / Times in between flicks of the lighter / and gulps of cheap booze
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May 15, 2015
In The Absence of Honesty...
When I was struggling my / hardest to keep the will to / stay alive I was taking at most
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Aug 14, 2013
Lesson(s) Learned
There are no mistakes in life, / just lessons / and it is our responsibility
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Apr 15, 2014
Mourning
I spent the morning staring at the clock. / Every second that ticked passed / was one breath closer to pulling the plug on her.
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Sep 10, 2013
My Constant
I'm throwing up blood in the sink again. / I'll spend the rest of today exhausted and / alone with my thoughts.
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Jul 5, 2013
Nikki,
I am never going to forget how you smell. / After all, my bed smelled like your / perfume for months after we broke up.
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Apr 2, 2013
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