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By morning it was over. I crawled farther out onto the ledge. The three year old was screaming like Donald Duck. Trains ran into the night. Several pigs entered the open window.

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They can’t exterminate the poor just yet

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hooves moon dark latch eyes rope / Bess the landlord's daughter, the landlord's blackeyed daughter / gun breasts dress shame shouts blood blood blood

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I'm rushing from the office, wanting to catch the 6.05, skittering down grey, commuter-laden streets, and I turn into the plaza and see the stupid fucking dancing couple. They are usually only there Fridays and weekends, catching the tourists on their way into Covent…

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inside i know my heart rattles cause outside i'm only seeing that the truth is in tatters

The poet. Pt. 3

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I think I remember now why people write poetry.

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This is the only time she feels she can be herself.

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My grandmother didn't like fireworks much. She said they reminded her of the raids during the war, when everybody stayed in the tube tunnels at night, going in buckets and curling up on the tracks.

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patience is....

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BECAUSE to fuck is an incidental REASON to be here

Oops...

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When I was young and self-born in religion my aunts, uninterested in being washed in the Blood of Christ, called me Preacher Boy. I didn't pay them any attention. It was fine by me, I said, if they wanted to sit around and paint their toenails . . .

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I'm not interested in her that way.

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You treat them like I’m hungry. Fix it.

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I'm standing on a toilet, trapped behind a stall. Watching Father U mop up the blood.

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Walk alone at night, quietly. Pause for eye contact with raccoons and night cats, your drunk self, and lights in the graveyard. Don't apologize for it in the morning. Instead of the shame you feel for one time acting selfishly and chasing a future, say…

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People do want to be kind. It's just that sometimes they need a little push (or, in a few cases, a big fat shove) in the right direction.

In Time,

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IN TIME, we will walk on gravel paths studded with gemstones.

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