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Chest Bump Bass Detroit

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son a superfly/alligator shoe clad/networking man/working a beeper and flip phone/twisting blueberry spliffs/on ma's porch

Sowers of Nothing (ELECTRIC DELIRIUM 1.2)

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We dig up conscience-tunnels, pluck the play-flower of present choice for fun, run aground, past this dimly lit, though not to be underestimated, stage, and open door upon empty door, to nothing, for the lights are a pulse flickering in the perceptual per

Listing

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It's so nice to be under something else's power

Love Verse

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A gentle man, and a fierce woman, charmed one another in a shaded gazebo.

Bare Feet on a Tile Floor

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Bare Feet on a Tile Floor Bob Dylan and I are growing old together. These days I rock out to tunes in the Florida room. I walk with a cane, but I dance without it. A mystery! My dog worries I'll fall as I whirl and watches me from…

Anticipation

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before your full lips touch mine.

Lost Elegy for Hank Quinlan

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all measured for a fall

Jazz Torn

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Lungs bursting in the alleyways trying to keep with the beat.

One Amber Down, Two to Go

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I am brave, I am sexy, I am strong

A Good Mother

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a good mother shows no weakness

Those nights.

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Those nights of using crickets chirping as our lullaby as we laid on the soft grass, feeling weightless; our heads vacant of thoughts, but our hearts never more full.

Blank Light, Wooded Light (ELECTRIC DELIRIUM 1.7)

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Ships tumble, cars crash, horns gulp water, bombs burst up from the ground in a halo of screams.

An Exile among Butterflies

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There's nothing left of me

Pandemonium

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...even as we gnash life’s marrow between our sharp, pointy teeth.

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Emily's just two miles away She has a Theremin leg She loves to play hopscotch all day And slide home to tea on a sled Bergamot flavours her favourite foods Strawberries grow in her hair She doesn't like guns, she loves hot-cross buns And…