anna-zagerson
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Like It or Not
Like it or not, each place holds a memory / I may not have played on these streets / But cemented beneath the building lamplights is my first real kiss--
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Aug 15, 2017
Alone
Come back, somebody who loves me / Come back and sing me a song / Come back, somebody who holds me
6
Mar 6, 2017
Finger-Lickin' Kind Ness
For the smallest lick of kindness / I'll forgive Hitler / I'll move mountains, lay my belly flat down on the ground, sucking up piss syrup, frolicking in shit.
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Nov 26, 2016
Thread(s)
*For my mother's mother* / All my clothes are patched with Soviet things. / Needles, hardy and rough, dinosaurs withstanding time
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Nov 19, 2016
Commitments Made and Lost
I am the odds and ends of the things/lives I collect from others / The last blank pages of your notebook finally filled / With unrelated topics, phrases, words, precious only to me
18
Nov 11, 2016
Age-Old Duality (It's What You Think It Is)
Why do people say/Don't listen to the devil on your shoulder(?) / He is your true self, the Self beneath the Iceberg. / The one who is your evolution/your most basic biological connection.
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Jan 26, 2016
Subway Stop Hero
That's the thing about Hero / You hope he'll take command of any situation / even if he just happens to be a
5
Jan 26, 2016
Sissy, the Girl
Don't be a sissy, girl / Why so sensitive? / You're not your mother's daughter, that's for damn certain,
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Jan 26, 2016
Brown Banana
There are hidden pleasures / Inside the fruit that nobody wants / Peel back the brown banana skin
7
Dec 28, 2015
My Berry
What else can I cover my mouth with / Other than clear, cherry-flavored lip balm? / It stains, otherwise
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Sep 14, 2015
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