kelly-oconnor-1Whisper

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1 AMThe moon is at three quarters which means it’s / A quarter since I last saw you and I / Begin one more one a.m. run down
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Oct 29, 2013
2717You’re walking because you’ll be drinking, / But only a little whiskey, / Or so you’re thinking, to help you sleep.
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Oct 27, 2013
Adjust Your FeelersAn ant on the edge of a glass clings with microscopic acrobatics, / A thematic blood-curdling scream breaks my concentration. A dream’s / Manifestation, a masturbatory second-glance, a fiftieth
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Jan 22, 2014
CoffeeThe first burnt burst of roasting beans brings sorrow / All at once memories of yesterday outweigh residual wonderment at tomorrow / The troubles of people who may be countries away slink over individual concerns.
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Jan 22, 2014
DerelictionDarkened doorways to the outside, bright wide doorways to insides / My insides, spilled on the linoleum over the smell of oleander / I stare into your black cracked eyes with a loving smile
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May 18, 2013
How to Break Into an '84 BuickThe first thing to do is forget everything you've lost / Second, zip up your jacket, just to ward off all the frost / Best case scenario, you're alone, but sometimes you are not
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Jan 26, 2014
Just MarriedOn a yellow-lighted main street we pause on a corner / For a moment, our companions lagging behind. / You set down the twelve-pack of beer by a lamp post.
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Jan 2, 2014
My Middle Name is SleepLong hours forgotten in sheets of paper, / A better bottle, more for nothing: / Lost saints and false idols,
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Jan 22, 2014
Ode to DirtI lived a childhood of dirt: / my beginning and end, my friend, my / frontier. Dirt was the reason why
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May 24, 2013
OnrampYou set the stage, this stage is an overpass / Bleak concrete black sky, and we’re out of gas. / Can’t sleep, can’t breathe, can’t jump can’t
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Oct 27, 2013
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