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“A cigarette and some front porch tears”
What makes a memory
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so beautiful-
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is that you cant shake it
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The painful ones
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that leave lame
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Jun 4, 2012
"All the birds around here look sick"
Long for a pure existence.
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Safe inside the comfort -
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Of my own mind.
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Contemplating this idea /
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Dec 1, 2012
“Always Onward!”
Walk with me,
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Through the night.
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Such blissful glimmering,
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Promise above.
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My hand in yours,
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Sep 15, 2012
"Burn Me In The Forest"
calm is the mind
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of the tree
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whose leaves fall-
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inevitably
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to the ground
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to their end
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Ye
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Jun 12, 2012
"Children of..."
Fall brings the cold.
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Where did all the children wander off to?
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Better scoop them up quickly, /
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Sep 18, 2012
"Combustion"
The streetlights are never lonely.
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Cars always got a companion or two.
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Feet to the street.
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No
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Oct 28, 2012
Fire Fueled by Fear of Death
Its science versus religion
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And cognitive thought versus deranged fantasy
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Wars fought for love w
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Feb 21, 2012
“Flying on egg shells”
Come on down-
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before the gravity gets ya-
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you’re looking for Jesus up there right?
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One balloon
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May 17, 2012
"Howling to Mother Moon"
It was Saturday,
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And you said God was with us.
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So, we drove as fast as possible-
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Into blisteri
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Feb 6, 2013
Inevitable
Good or bad
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Sharp and dull
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Work or play
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Light and dark
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Smart or dumb
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Young and old
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Worth
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May 16, 2011
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