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The Ten Rules to Anal Sex
He is rougher then being dumped
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from the saddle of a bay mare,
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but perhaps she shouldn’t be ridi
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I Couldn't Stop Thinking About your Poor Excuse for a Breakup
I crushed it, and it regrew anyways.
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The hypothesis, was more romantic,
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than tossing and yearnin
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One Night Stands with Ex's
Her eyes burned from ammonia and snow as she shoveled the driveway
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in the parts where the cat litt
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Deciduous Forests
Your hair is thick and dark
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evergreen branches that glide
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against lilac petals made of powdered
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Alcoholics Anonymous
I wish I was your little
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whiskey girl and you
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were pouring yourself
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into my bottle to come
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d
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Needles
The way the dragonfly
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across your chest stares at me,
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through a lawn of pinwheel hairs;
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and th
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The Last Day of November at a Bus Stop
You smell like laundry detergent, mongrel, and marijuana wrapped in strawberry cigar papers. The way
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Cupid
It's nice to remember
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who I am, ever since
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Eros shot a quiver
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of arrows into my chest
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and sp
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Branding
I lit the candle
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with two hydros,
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and burned the house
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down with a bottle
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of whiskey. The ne
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Buffalo, NY
The dusk smells like the dank moldy parts of the basement, old and decrepit. The days are short, lik
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