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Albedo
One, two, three.
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I am stopping here,
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But only to catch my breath.
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Tear, rip, peel.
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This is m
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Oct 1, 2014
Alive
The gentle lines of the coarsest neck
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Where the vitals fall in line,
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Where breath is held so res
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Oct 1, 2014
Candid
The photo, wrinkled and flavored with time,
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That passed all too abruptly. But it shows
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Smiling f
12
Oct 1, 2014
Cento
"No, just stop. No, just stop. No, just stop."
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How long did I live like that?
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"I'm out of money.
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Oct 2, 2014
every man, no man
one two three with fire
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heavy with your memory
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thick silhouettes peer
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&
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the sax next door si
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Oct 3, 2016
For Mom
Blue frock, blonde curls,
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Honest Abe catches her eye.
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A luster hidden in this ground dry,
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She
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Oct 1, 2014
For the Future
Conversations with myself
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Remnants of
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Fleeting words
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Leaving me pummeled
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In their tracks.
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Oct 1, 2014
Home
Run through the rubble,
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Float on your cigarette breath.
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Keep me; I am home.
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Oct 1, 2014
"How are you?"
My jeans between the sheets
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Feel like strangers on my legs.
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All six of my dollars,
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Wadded and
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Nov 15, 2015
Hurry
I'm growing old.
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God don't plant in straight rows,
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And weeds won't hear my temperate pleas.
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Bu
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Oct 2, 2014
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