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I have every reason to back out if I need to.
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What have men ever brought me?
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Every kiss brought
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Nov 11, 2013
Gravedigger
Hanging around cemeteries,
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carrying shovels.
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Work that breaks hearts and hands.
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Singing bitter
31
Feb 13, 2013
My Worst Fear
I really don’t like being at my new school.
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It’s far too big for me and I don’t know anybody.
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So
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Jan 22, 2013
Hometown Boys
Hometown boys today aren’t like the ones my grandmother remembers.
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Back then they looked like dece
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Jan 11, 2013
My Best Friend
For all of his homeliness,
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he walked with an air of majesty and purpose.
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A hard and sunken bespe
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Oct 27, 2012
The Turk
Precariously balanced on the back half of a metal chair,
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Tipping somewhere between stability and p
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Jun 23, 2012
Comrade
Drinking and laughing with a soldier.
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Heavy boots stomping when he laughs,
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Dressed down in suspe
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Feb 5, 2012
The Ghost
Finally, you notice me
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a ghostly wallflower upon the wall,
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in a congregation of elegant women an
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Sep 24, 2011
The Boss
I kneeled on the polished wood floor, panting and sweating. My body was writhing in pain, having bee
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Jun 16, 2011
Man-to-Man Talk
The young boy sat in the leather armchair
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in front of his father’s desk,
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all the while trembling
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Apr 29, 2011
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