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02. 04. 19
“I just wanted it to be Natural” she said.
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The morning I stabbed my face
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with an electric toothb
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Feb 6, 2019
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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May 1, 2012
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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May 1, 2012
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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Aug 11, 2011
Burn
All I wanted was to warm you,
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rub your skin raw until you felt
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the fevered blaze you've ignited
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Jan 6, 2014
Chinese Food and Crucifixes
I am wiping Chinese
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and Jesus off of coffee
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tables. Pulling sheep
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sheets down from
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windows a
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May 2, 2012
Chipped Nail Polish
My friend died last night,
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his mother said,
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so you should probably stop smoking.
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But he was mo
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Aug 11, 2011
Clear Liquor and Water
I need a part replacement.
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A cork to fill the aching cavity
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my soul has been pouring out of.
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I
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Aug 9, 2013
Colorado Air
My shirt smells of you tonight;
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like maroon sheets and air conditioners,
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but I'm still blowing m
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Dec 13, 2011
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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May 20, 2012
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