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29 3 2011It is the last Tuesday of March in 2011 / Two months ago, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali / Prime minister of Tunisia, was forced into exile
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Dec 2, 2011
Being with HimSitting with him was easy / Being with him was easy / But he doubted her
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Dec 2, 2011
Demon FleshI eat of her flesh, gorgeous demon / Feel as her hot blood coats my throat / Not a poison, not a drug
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Dec 2, 2011
Follow the WindFollow the wind, though he leads you from the sea, / Though he will take through the world as he please / Such wondrous places the wind can take you
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Mar 1, 2010
Forgettable PrayerGods, let me write a forgettable poem / Let it be sweet and wonderful / Lightly stroking the hearts of all who read
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Dec 2, 2011
For Lack of a Better ReasonThis mind is so beautifully filled / Dreams and dancing phantoms in day / Overlapping the world and carrying on
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Dec 29, 2011
Four to EightI watched spiders make their webs / Four to five paces apart / North to south along the ficus hedge
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Dec 2, 2011
It Moves Through AllI stopped “loving,” / I stopped hating / And I started telling the only truth
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Feb 14, 2012
I Will Come Back (to my love)After I finish this, I will come back to you / I will come back if it means I must swim oceans / If it means I must crush and cut through mountains
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Sep 28, 2010
PermissionWhat I didn’t tell you that day is that I love you / Because I was afraid you would change towards me / Treat me differently and that I’d have to act differently
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Mar 3, 2012
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