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One More TryI have every reason to back out if I need to. / What have men ever brought me? / Every kiss brought
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Nov 11, 2013
GravediggerHanging around cemeteries, / carrying shovels. / Work that breaks hearts and hands. / Singing bitter
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Feb 13, 2013
My Worst FearI really don’t like being at my new school. / It’s far too big for me and I don’t know anybody. / So
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Jan 22, 2013
Hometown BoysHometown boys today aren’t like the ones my grandmother remembers. / Back then they looked like dece
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Jan 11, 2013
My Best FriendFor all of his homeliness, / he walked with an air of majesty and purpose. / A hard and sunken bespe
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Oct 27, 2012
The TurkPrecariously balanced on the back half of a metal chair, / Tipping somewhere between stability and p
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Jun 23, 2012
ComradeDrinking and laughing with a soldier. / Heavy boots stomping when he laughs, / Dressed down in suspe
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Feb 5, 2012
The GhostFinally, you notice me / a ghostly wallflower upon the wall, / in a congregation of elegant women an
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Sep 24, 2011
The BossI 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 TalkThe young boy sat in the leather armchair / in front of his father’s desk, / all the while trembling
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Apr 29, 2011
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