1368 4 3
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The blade was wielded by a spunky brunette with a German accent and a laugh that made me weak at the knees.
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1180 3 3
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he wanders the house/ crying for the hairless tomcat/ (gone for the night/ on an overnight job).
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1334 4 4
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Then dared each other to travel
Much further
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“We don’t need to kiss.” I say coyly, morphing the angles of my body to look cute, irresistible. It would be easier if I’d brushed my hair. “Pretend I’m a prostitute.” I instruct, ”They don’t kiss their clients.” It’s a reference I’ve made before, but not
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one of these piano keys
makes the earth move
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149 7 6
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A four year old boy is eaten / by the African Painted Dogs in my hometown zoo / after falling into the enclosure. His mother lifted him / on the fence to see the creatures.
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When you collapse,
fall in my stupid direction
Or: if I say, you're the chosen one,
do something shiny
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950 7 7
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Salted words, cursing and spitting, through the hipster joints and green leaf cafés.
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The gate squeaked, the gravel shuffled and the letterbox clattered as February 14th's mail cascaded to the ground.
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I'm going to die if I don't get some kind of wine in my blood.
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today on the bus/ a man in his fifties/ smiled at a baby/
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We continue,/Held beyond all surface
Liking it still/And each other/Often surprised:/Like finding garden flowers/No one planted/In summer bloom
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his mother brought him to me/ when he was very young/ maybe a few months old,/ born in arizona july.
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a force field is not up
between us
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We were wild, medieval magpies,
sweaty and sweet and selfish; and so much more
than we were before I lit that first stick of spice,
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