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a short poem on the American Dreamnever a fantasy / but always an illusion / the immigrants from
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turkeys scramble (the dog howls)people find it hard / to believe happiness / because for many,
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healing, lifting, relaxingand it was gone just like that / like a weight off my shoulders, / like escape from certain death,
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The Curse of MacBethI once almost cursed / the final performance / of a wonderful play I
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appearances, appearances, appearancesappearances / appearances / appearances
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eeriewhat to say / what to say / what to say
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kiss kiss hug hug pat pat sighI / have / come
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unfulfillmentI return home / from another long night / putting on shows for
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weekendsit was a hedonist’s dream / a lazy man’s paradise / an infinite realm of pleasure
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grasshoppers chirpthe tired beer talks / the tired black nights / the faces of people
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Echo
American
Joined 2010

"I want to write a poem about being swept away in the ocean except everyone else is being moved and I am the tidal wave moving them but I am not the tidal wave and you will not move for me" Author uses a pseudonym from this point forward

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