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Waves
The cool slush of tires / rolling over puddles sounds just like / waves falling on waves in the distance.
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As I walk down the rain-soaked streets of my childhood
A sour breath hangs over this city / Like the deep exhale after battle, / Gunpowder rots on my clothes,
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Waiting at a bus stop
The shadows from the towering buildings and twisting shapes up above fall / like mazes on the sidewalk that lead to nowhere, / so I choose not to follow them
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History Repeating History Repeating Hisotry
The fiery gates of moments past / Await our doomed entreat / To walk the steps long placed before
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Or So I Have Been Told
The Universe lies end to end, / Or so I have been told, / Its corners edge 'round ev'ry bend
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Opportunity
Opportunity / Is a single droplet of water / In the fruitless desert
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Love Gone
I can't remember / Why it was that you moved me - / Smells on my pillow.
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Birds are things unconvinced
Birds are things unconvinced, / They fly because they fall - / Because they've tasted the sea
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Luck
Catch a blind fish / Tangled in your net, / Like chewing gum in a child's hair,
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World War V
When shadows are frosted by dust on the wall, / The heavens haze over and birds turn to fall. / Some men never bother to notice the night,
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