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I walked into the garden and gave Themis my flower. She said, “now you know they’ll lock up men of any age in my name, thirsty as they are” I said, “what am I to do, to hold back the flood tide? Scratching out a living with steel wool cyanide, the champion of beggars and thieves, scoundrels and knaves” She smiled and said, “you’ve got to find your way home” I took her by my side, held her in my arms, looking deep into her dark eyes, “I’m lost", I said, “and you know what I’m dreaming" "I’m empty and aching, and I don’t know where to go.” She looked on me in silence, ragged tears forming in the corners of our eyes. Emotion swelling in our heart spring, somehow, I knew, I must take upon the open road. We parted at the gate separating my father’s mansion from the path to the wood. She was imprinted upon my soul. The flower wilted, petals one by one, falling to the floor.
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Feb 22, 2015
Feb 22, 2015 at 5:40 PM UTC
Steel Wool Cyanide
I walked into the garden and gave Themis my flower. She said, “now you know they’ll lock up men of any age in my name, thirsty as they are” I said, “what am I to do, to hold back the flood tide? Scratching out a living with steel wool cyanide, the champion of beggars and thieves, scoundrels and knaves” She smiled and said, “you’ve got to find your way home” I took her by my side, held her in my arms, looking deep into her dark eyes, “I’m lost", I said, “and you know what I’m dreaming" "I’m empty and aching, and I don’t know where to go.” She looked on me in silence, ragged tears forming in the corners of our eyes. Emotion swelling in our heart spring, somehow, I knew, I must take upon the open road. We parted at the gate separating my father’s mansion from the path to the wood. She was imprinted upon my soul. The flower wilted, petals one by one, falling to the floor.
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Feb 22, 2015
Feb 22, 2015 at 5:40 PM UTC
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