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AliveThis morning I woke up to live / got out of bed / breathed
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Jul 5, 2010
EmilyI tell her / about my first time smoking *** in a stranger’s rundown apartment, somewhere between Paris and Amsterdam / about growing up in the Whiskey Flats next to strip clubs, gun shops, liquor stores, and lots of cows
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May 4, 2010
Fairy talesFairy tales are how girls get to sleep / Girls who sleep sweetly next to siblings; best friends' pictures scattered about the room / their world is safe and full of love
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May 5, 2010
Four LinesThere are some things you should tell a person / like when their shirt is untucked / or you like their hair
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May 5, 2010
MattI was there, / in your shoes / walking over dirt
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May 5, 2010
They were only AirplanesI was a little girl once / lying back down on a scratchy old blanket / wishing on stars and listening
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Jul 24, 2010
ThoughtsI lie awake at night / thinking of the past, the current, the future. / the “what if”s the “had been”s
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Jul 5, 2010
To the Man I Met 6 Beers InWe have talked, tonight, / about the function of the subconscious – / whether it shapes my dreams
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Jul 25, 2010
TouchedI am learning to be touched / Strong fingers massaging tension from my back / Warm hugs because we care
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Jul 5, 2010
UntitledTonight we’re watching chick flicks / two people finding forever / while you and me are
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May 5, 2010
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