michael-devoeWhisper

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1/30 SmoothShe’s using the word smooth like it’s a venereal disease / Says I have too much of it / Doesn’t want to catch it
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Apr 3, 2018
2/30 So Why TrySometimes when I’m playing Tetris I leave small gaps when I could complete lines / I do this to keep from winning / Sometimes when I am cooking dinner I leave out one ingredient
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Apr 3, 2018
3/30 Two Miles Down Lincoln Ln. Saluda, N.C.There is a little boy / Who walked a dirt road / It was lined with birch trees
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Apr 4, 2018
4/30 HandsThere’s not a whole lot of my body I’m proud of / I’ve got an extra ten pounds on each my toes I gotta lose / My mirror is the biggest ******* I know what with always showing me, me, and ****
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Apr 5, 2018
5/30 Worry PeaksThe jagged edges of my fingernails are mountain ridges of anxiety I’ve chewed into their earth / I climb them daily / But the storms are so severe and I often turn back
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Apr 6, 2018
An Ode To Lost InnocenceShe sat on a park bench crying at the moon / Because that's what wolves do / And wolves were a lot closer to her than family
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Aug 25, 2009
A Poem About The RainThey are the kind of raindrops that hang around for awhile / The ones that laugh at your coat / Get your shirt wet anyway
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Mar 18, 2015
AsI am as a willow in her old age / Whispering curious questions in my rustle / When the Santa Anna's blow
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Jun 21, 2016
BlistersYou tore out the clock I'd hung up inside of my wrist / Suddenly forever seems like somewhere I might go / I have blisters on my heels from walking so much further than I had prepared for
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Oct 17, 2013
BootstrapI have proverbial boot straps / And I pull them everyday / They bundle tight the kitchen knives
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Sep 18, 2017
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