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This isn't poetry This pen isn't blue One of these boxes is true I can't read, can you? Is here a metaphor? Roses to romance, onions to ogres? This isn't poetry It's a hostage situation I'll give you these words If you make the cars stop If you make the time stop If you make my life stop Just everything stop. I'll up the ransom More impossible demands But could you at least stop The man staring at me?
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2d ago
Jun 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM UTC
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This isn't poetry This pen isn't blue One of these boxes is true I can't read, can you? Is here a metaphor? Roses to romance, onions to ogres? This isn't poetry It's a hostage situation I'll give you these words If you make the cars stop If you make the time stop If you make my life stop Just everything stop. I'll up the ransom More impossible demands But could you at least stop The man staring at me?
Jan 2, 2026
kelly-lloyd
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2d ago
Jun 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM UTC
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