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title: Autumn Synesthesia
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The trees branch out their reds and yellows.
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Their last battle cry before the frost.
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The further north, the more pronounced
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As they recall the life they lost.
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Shouting in color upon deaf ears,
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The trees branch out their reds and yellows.
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Their last battle cry before the frost.
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The further north, the more pronounced
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As they recall the life they lost.
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Shouting in color upon deaf ears,
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Such beauty produced at a deadly cost.
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The reds rage on
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With blistering hate.
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"Is there no escape
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The reds rage on
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With blistering hate.
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"Is there no escape
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From our inevitable fate?"
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The orange reminisce
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On the seasons before.
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"Winter is knocking,
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The orange reminisce
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On the seasons before.
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"Winter is knocking,
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But Spring is next door."
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The yellows enjoy
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The weather while it lasts.
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"Best to live in the present
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The yellows enjoy
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The weather while it lasts.
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"Best to live in the present
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Than the future or past."
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The browns mutter softly
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The last lesson to learn.
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"From dust I arose,
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So to dust I return."
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The browns mutter softly
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The last lesson to learn.
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"From dust I arose,
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So to dust I return."
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title: Breakfast Blue Pt. 2
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---
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Oh, my good friend, I didn't mean to leave.
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It wasn't your fault, so no longer grieve!
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If I could, I would run back to your side.
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Oh, my good friend, I didn't mean to leave.
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It wasn't your fault, so no longer grieve!
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If I could, I would run back to your side.
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But, alas, a lack of legs slows my stride.
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It's been over a year since I've last seen
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Your serious face and Chartwell's cuisine.
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Often I think this is for the better
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It's been over a year since I've last seen
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Your serious face and Chartwell's cuisine.
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Often I think this is for the better
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\'Til I shed tears as I read your letter.
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Fake tears, that is, for I also lack eyes.
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In fact, let me unveil my disguise:
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I'm an object lacking animation,
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Fake tears, that is, for I also lack eyes.
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In fact, let me unveil my disguise:
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I'm an object lacking animation,
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Given life through personification.
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What words can I say to help you move on
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And accept the fact that I am now gone?
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Know that I too will miss your sweet lovin'
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For I'll always be your chocolate muffin.
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What words can I say to help you move on
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And accept the fact that I am now gone?
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Know that I too will miss your sweet lovin'
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For I'll always be your chocolate muffin.
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2013-01-10 00:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Humor
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- Muffins
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- Humor
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- Muffins
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title: Breakfast Blues
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---
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Lost my reason to wake in the morning
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Ever since you left me without warning.
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We've always seemed to have gotten along
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Lost my reason to wake in the morning
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Ever since you left me without warning.
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We've always seemed to have gotten along
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Now I'm wondering if I did you wrong.
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Lost my reason to give you thanks and praise.
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Each day that passes passes in a daze.
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The life I live is a life of decay.
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Lost my reason to give you thanks and praise.
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Each day that passes passes in a daze.
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The life I live is a life of decay.
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My happiness happens to never stay.
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I would have treated you so much better,
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Or perhaps branded a scarlet letter
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Across my chest and openly confess
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I would have treated you so much better,
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Or perhaps branded a scarlet letter
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Across my chest and openly confess
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That I'm impressed by a snack I love best.
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Oh chocolate muffin, why'd you have to leave?
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I've learned not to wear my heart on my sleeve.
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Instead my love will always be suppressed
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As I keep it locked in a chocolate chest.
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Oh chocolate muffin, why'd you have to leave?
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I've learned not to wear my heart on my sleeve.
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Instead my love will always be suppressed
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As I keep it locked in a chocolate chest.
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- Christian
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title: Djinn
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year: 2019
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layout: poetry
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---
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"Jesus dropped by."
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2018-04-28 12:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Wisdom
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- Lessons
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- Wisdom
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- Lessons
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title: I've Seen
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year: 2018
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---
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I've seen tears fall
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From the face of a giant,
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A hint of desperation
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2019-02-02 12:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Love
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- Lovers
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- Relationships
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- Introspective
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- Love
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- Lovers
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- Relationships
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- Introspective
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title: Infrared Homing
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Can't replace it,
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But any fire
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Is better than none.
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2020-10-01 20:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Neuroscience
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- Wisdom
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- Neuroscience
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- Wisdom
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title: Judge Judy
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---
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With each passing moment,
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Then return to jury duty
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For another microcosm case
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In their show of Judge Judy.
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2018-06-25 20:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Chess
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- Lessons
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- Chess
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- Lessons
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title: King's Pin
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year: 2018
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@@ -24,4 +24,3 @@ Synonymous to beginner.
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A satisfying poach
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Awarded to the winner.
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2014-10-27 00:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Humor
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- Humor
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title: Klepto Couches
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---
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My home houses countless couches.
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Klepto-couches with pickpocket pouches
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That swiftly swipe your cellular phone
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My home houses countless couches.
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Klepto-couches with pickpocket pouches
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That swiftly swipe your cellular phone
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Between the cushions of their comfy unknown.
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Then your change jingles and jangles
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Until they're untangled
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From your Wrangler jeans pocket
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Then your change jingles and jangles
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Until they're untangled
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From your Wrangler jeans pocket
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As you wonder where your socks went.
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But your socks and shoes
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Were swept under your feet
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But your socks and shoes
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Were swept under your feet
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Right under your nose.
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So discreet are these deceitful seats
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As they watch you search
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So discreet are these deceitful seats
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As they watch you search
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For the keys they stole.
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At last your quest
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Leads you straight to the crook.
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"I should have guessed
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At last your quest
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Leads you straight to the crook.
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"I should have guessed
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The klepto-couches had took!"
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But still your lesson
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Has yet to be learned.
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These klepto-couches
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Deserve to be burned.
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But still your lesson
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Has yet to be learned.
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These klepto-couches
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Deserve to be burned.
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2012-02-25 00:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Grounds
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- Covenant
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- Grounds
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- Covenant
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title: Leafblower
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---
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You're the girl sitting on the park bench.
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I'm the guy with a leaf blower.
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I've gotta do my job,
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You're the girl sitting on the park bench.
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I'm the guy with a leaf blower.
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I've gotta do my job,
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So would you kindly please move over?
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I'm walking right towards you,
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So don't say you didn't notice me.
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I'd like to get off work soon,
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I'm walking right towards you,
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So don't say you didn't notice me.
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I'd like to get off work soon,
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So I'll give you until the count of three.
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One
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Two
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One
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Two
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...
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Alright, so you've called my bluff.
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I'm not really going to do anything.
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I just wanted to look real tough,
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Alright, so you've called my bluff.
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I'm not really going to do anything.
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I just wanted to look real tough,
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But this little bee ain't got no sting.
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I'll just tell my boss that I missed a spot,
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And I'll explain my sad situation.
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Then we'll both laugh at the thought
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Of me writing poetry about my frustration.
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I'll just tell my boss that I missed a spot,
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And I'll explain my sad situation.
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Then we'll both laugh at the thought
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Of me writing poetry about my frustration.
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2019-10-26 12:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Wisdom
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- Wisdom
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title: Of Molecules And Men
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Is to become
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Every friend
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And alleged foe.
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2012-03-01 00:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Grounds
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- Covenant
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- Grounds
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- Covenant
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title: Monday Morning Shift
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---
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These plants look beautiful, but not at this location.
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They must be eradicated according to administration.
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I brought out my tools; Some gloves and a spade,
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Then sat down, Indian style, to begin the raid.
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The roots, like little fingers, held on to dear life
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These plants look beautiful, but not at this location.
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They must be eradicated according to administration.
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I brought out my tools; Some gloves and a spade,
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Then sat down, Indian style, to begin the raid.
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The roots, like little fingers, held on to dear life
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As I cut through their homes with an oddly-shaped knife.
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To justify these cruel killings
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I thought of what they've done:
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Suffocated the superior plants
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To justify these cruel killings
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I thought of what they've done:
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Suffocated the superior plants
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And blocked out the lovely sun.
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But what makes one plant superior and the other inferior?
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Just the fact that the other has a beautiful exterior?
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They are simply trying their best to make a living.
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But what makes one plant superior and the other inferior?
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Just the fact that the other has a beautiful exterior?
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They are simply trying their best to make a living.
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We must see past our differences and be more forgiving.
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But these thoughts lead down to a dangerous road;
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But these thoughts lead down to a dangerous road;
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Let's not personify each seed we've sowed.
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The sun now rises and heats the ground.
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The ice embedded within melts all around,
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And now a nice wet spot on my pants is found
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Which leaves me thinking of thoughts more profound:
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"I really hope no one's looking at me right now."
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The sun now rises and heats the ground.
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The ice embedded within melts all around,
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And now a nice wet spot on my pants is found
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Which leaves me thinking of thoughts more profound:
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"I really hope no one's looking at me right now."
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2016-05-10 00:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Work
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- Worry
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- Self-conscious
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- Work
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- Worry
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- Self-conscious
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title: Morning Commute
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---
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A few minutes into my morning commute
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Though I knew my hopes and dreams would be seen
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Swirled amidst my self-doubt and worries
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Like creamer mixed in bitter cups of caffeine.
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2015-07-15 00:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Relationships
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- Love
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- Drinking
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- Humor
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- Relationships
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- Love
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- Drinking
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- Humor
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title: Perfect Situation
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---
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When I'm hammered,
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Given a perfect situation
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In a parallel universe
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If I'd rise to the occasion.
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2016-12-20 00:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Introspective
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- Silence
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- Introspective
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- Silence
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title: Silent Silas
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---
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The windows to my soul
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I am striving to get better
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At voicing my own thoughts
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Without resorting to writing letters.
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2014-07-20 00:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Love
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- Relationships
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- Realtalk
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- Love
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- Relationships
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- Realtalk
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title: Thought Experiment
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---
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Love is a free fall
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And I'm afraid of the ground.
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If I jump and no one's there,
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Will my body make a sound?
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2017-10-10 00:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Wisdom
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- Speech
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- Verbal Abuse
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- Wisdom
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- Speech
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- Verbal Abuse
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title: Unintentional Internalization
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---
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Our skin's as thick
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We've dealt so many more
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For the most innocuous remark
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Still can pierce like a sword.
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---
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categories:
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- Poetry
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- Poetry
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date: 2013-05-10 00:00:00 +0000
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tags:
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- Realtalk
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- Realtalk
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title: Who Am I?
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---
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Am I the clothes on my back
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And the hair on my head?
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Am I the people I'm with
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Am I the clothes on my back
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And the hair on my head?
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Am I the people I'm with
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And the words I've said?
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Am I the field I study
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And the school I attend?
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Am I the programs I write
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Am I the field I study
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And the school I attend?
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Am I the programs I write
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And the poems I've penned?
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Am I the music I enjoy
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And the guitar I play?
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Am I the grade on my test
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Am I the music I enjoy
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And the guitar I play?
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Am I the grade on my test
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And my ten page essay?
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Am I the habits I've formed
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And the phrases I repeat?
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Am I the fake smile given
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Am I the habits I've formed
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And the phrases I repeat?
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Am I the fake smile given
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To every person I meet?
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Am I the religion I follow
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And the politician I elect?
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Am I every action I carry out
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And every thought I reflect?
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Am I the religion I follow
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And the politician I elect?
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Am I every action I carry out
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And every thought I reflect?
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