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A subway train rumbled through the underground and she actually felt it slither under her feet. Her gaze lingered for a moment on the desiccated leaves and the small rectangle of blue cardboard the blustery wind had wedged between the gargoyle's talons.
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140 4 3
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I sleep as if sleep were a hair shirt
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1137 3 3
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I'm a heathen in the church of the absolute.
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1049 1 1
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The following is a true story. Though it happened 35 years ago, it happened last night too. Everyday a new convert is welcome, a new tapestry begun. A new hunger is born.
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891 1 2
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I haven’t written a poem in months.
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54 3 3
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Perhaps it is what passes for self-expression--
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1036 1 1
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Everybody knew the McDonald’s at the Waterfront was selling theraflu stamp bags, and I guess I’d heard how bad it was for you—they’d had reports of dumbasses ODing on channel 2, 4, and 11—but it was a lot stronger than regular heroin and a lot cheaper...
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903 4 1
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Suddenly you've got something to do on Sundays -
Wake up early and dress your best.
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147 16 12
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larkspur and white roses on white
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