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GuernicaIf I were to write a poem about you, / my haunted Spanish artista, / I wonder what it would look like.

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We Want Your Every PurposeWe want your every purpose: / we want your youth, / your rosy cheeks.

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MotherNineteen years it's been / And after nineteen years of learning - / Nineteen years of

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MothI am supposed to compliment / your beauty, / your bark brown wings and

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EmilyHer skin reeked of chlorine / and yours of cigarettes / She lay in the car, unconscious and unknowing

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SkinEvery morning I check myself, / and every night too, / and sometimes after I ***

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HeadacheI want to crack open my skull / with my black pen / wedge it open

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TantulusApples are tantalizing. / They tease me, / their red and green brightness,

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To You*Thank you.* / Such abused words. / Too often they are a lie.

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LeadSmooth and swift / these words fill / the page,

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