john-rWhisper

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3 a.m.Welcome, traveller, to the island of despair. / Every morning, my staff will insinuate / into your skull what you already know:
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May 12, 2014
A darkening skyWhen you're with me it's easy to pretend / That life and love will stay forever green. / When I'm alone, I feel a fear descend.
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Mar 6, 2012
AgeingWho is this impostor, / glimpsed with horror / in the department store window?
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Jun 20, 2013
All-clearFrom the hill-top, I can see everything: / rocky outcrops, stone wall-divided fields, / impatient streams eager to join mother river in the valley.
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Jul 22, 2012
A moment of your timeLet love be performed, as required. / Let desire flow, as it will. / Let excitement mount, as it must.
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May 20, 2012
Beat me daddy, eight to the barHe may be smooth, Anneliese; he may be charming to your Mom. / He may treat you to champagne and caviar. / He may think he knows what's best for you, and how he could refine
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Feb 15, 2012
Brush-offI never said I loved you. / Though I told you that I really liked your company; / which I did, and do.
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May 14, 2014
Climate changeOnce, in the time of plenty, we were great hunters. / Quick, brave, artful -- we deserved our feasting. / Now, each day the prey becomes scarcer.
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Apr 11, 2012
Dear poetI am a thirteen-year-old girl, and my parents hate me. / Boo-hoo! What shall I do? / *Your parents think you are one big sulking pile of **** and so do I.
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Feb 8, 2012
DefiantWords can bite. / Mostly just a nip — easily forgotten. / But sometimes an injection of neurotoxin,
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Apr 14, 2014
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