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The Mermaid
"I'm a mermaid," she said as she kissed me. / Ah! her kiss made me drunker than wine. / I'd been longing for the ocean in her blue eyes,
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Naked in the Water
We were two little children / with the sun on our skin, / playing naked in the water,
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Perfect Match?
Face after face after face, / they stare out at me. / I look into eyes
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Night Drive
Driving alone in the moonlight / An hour or two before dawn / Jackson Browne on the radio
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Teach Your Children
When forced to use the public loo, / there's something you must always do: / before you sit to do your biz,
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Bloom
Bloom-- where you are planted / Bloom-- wherever you may be / Bloom-- for you are Her flower
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Haiku ****** Busted!
cops beating my door / the last strawberry now tastes / sweetest of all
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Wind Song
One gorgeous Spring day / we gathered on my deck, / a few friends and I,
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An Hour of ****** Pleasure
Monica, / she said her name was. / Of course I didn't believe her,
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The Randall Knife
The gentle drawl of Guy Clark's voice / beckoned me from sleep, / saying that when his father died
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