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title: Beneath her coat was a whole identity
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title: Beneath her coat was a whole identity
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Beneath her coat was a whole identity:
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Beneath her coat was a whole identity:
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A subtle form of ideas under soft fur,
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A subtle form of ideas under soft fur,
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A constantly shifting mass of meaning...
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A constantly shifting mass of meaning...
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And find a brand new way to piece herself together
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And find a brand new way to piece herself together
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And build herself a brand new smile
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And build herself a brand new smile
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And brush out her coat once more.
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And brush out her coat once more.
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*First-place winner of the [Typewriter Emergencies Poetry Contest](https://www.typewriteremergencies.com/single-post/2018/02/13/Beneath-her-coat-was-a-whole-identity---1st-Place-Winner).*
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*First-place winner of the [Typewriter Emergencies Poetry Contest](https://www.typewriteremergencies.com/single-post/2018/02/13/Beneath-her-coat-was-a-whole-identity---1st-Place-Winner).*
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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Anxiety</p>
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Anxiety</p>
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A hundred geese overhead —
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A hundred geese overhead —
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A thousand —
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A thousand —
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A million —
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A million —
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Portents.
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Portents.
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Too much meaning
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Too much meaning
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In too small a space.
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In too small a space.
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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auditory aberrations</p>
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auditory aberrations</p>
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Geese are a byproduct of laminar shear stress
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Geese are a byproduct of laminar shear stress
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Of two layers of phantasmagorical
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Of two layers of phantasmagorical
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Newtonian fluids,
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Newtonian fluids,
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A thin, sort-of Truth
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A thin, sort-of Truth
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From a sort of thin layer
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From a sort of thin layer
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geese chromatography.
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geese chromatography.
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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red tint to vision; hot flashes</p>
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red tint to vision; hot flashes</p>
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As the dove bears the olive branch,
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As the dove bears the olive branch,
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so to the goose bears the wand
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so to the goose bears the wand
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that withers all it touches.
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that withers all it touches.
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A wand of obscure origin,
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A wand of obscure origin,
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The goose surely stole it.
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The goose surely stole it.
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Malice begets malice.
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Malice begets malice.
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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confusion; nausea; sweating; racing pulse</p>
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confusion; nausea; sweating; racing pulse</p>
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We know not the transgression,
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We know not the transgression,
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the origin -
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the origin -
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We know not the punishment,
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We know not the punishment,
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only the terror.
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only the terror.
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pounding heart; tunnel vision; racing thoughts; black outs;
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pounding heart; tunnel vision; racing thoughts; black outs;
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blood pouring from ears</p>
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blood pouring from ears</p>
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Geas
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Geas
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Wing
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Wing
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Dark
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Dark
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Horizon
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Horizon
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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tinnitus; piloerection; shortness of breath; uneven gait</p>
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tinnitus; piloerection; shortness of breath; uneven gait</p>
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I’d rather owls.
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I’d rather owls.
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Owls, as though geese were turned inside out,
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Owls, as though geese were turned inside out,
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made less evil.
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made less evil.
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Just less terrifying.
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Just less terrifying.
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Owls are okay.
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Owls are okay.
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I can think about owls.
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I can think about owls.
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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subdermal itching; formication</p>
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subdermal itching; formication</p>
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Life within a comfortable grid.
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Life within a comfortable grid.
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Parallel lines
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Parallel lines
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Interrupting narrowing circles
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Interrupting narrowing circles
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I’m not afraid of geese anymore
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I’m not afraid of geese anymore
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Because I can step on them now.
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Because I can step on them now.
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I’m big enough.
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I’m big enough.
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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<p><em>Expect:</em><br />
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birds</p>
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birds</p>
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Ritual thinking
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Ritual thinking
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Driven by geese —
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Driven by geese —
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By lines, by grids, by food —
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By lines, by grids, by food —
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Or the ecstasy of signs
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Or the ecstasy of signs
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Without the bleak paranoia
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Without the bleak paranoia
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Over circling birds?
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Over circling birds?
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title: Every time I fall
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title: Every time I fall
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Every time I fall,
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Every time I fall,
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The ground tells me I'm in love.
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The ground tells me I'm in love.
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"'Cause love is
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"'Cause love is
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The ground tells me I'm in love.
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The ground tells me I'm in love.
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And every single time,
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I keep coming back.
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I keep coming back.
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title: Fair and Square
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title: Fair and Square
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I bought my name fair and square;
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I bought my name fair and square;
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Bespoke, built from whole cloth.
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Bespoke, built from whole cloth.
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I wrote it again and again,
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I wrote it again and again,
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Under hurrying paws
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Under hurrying paws
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Or the perfect overlap of new buds
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Or the perfect overlap of new buds
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Already sticky with sap.
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Already sticky with sap.
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Used to be you and I daily would walk
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Used to be you and I daily would walk
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through the fields out back of the house and talk
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through the fields out back of the house and talk
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for hours, spilling words and emotions.
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for hours, spilling words and emotions.
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Now, it's just me, alone, quiet, thinking
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Now, it's just me, alone, quiet, thinking
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of you by the shore, forever drinking
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of you by the shore, forever drinking
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of sweet water.
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of sweet water.
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title: Heligoland
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title: Heligoland
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Too many wine-dark seas need daily traversal,
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Too many wine-dark seas need daily traversal,
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And here the shipping forecast calls for rain.
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And here the shipping forecast calls for rain.
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I can point at the moon, exhausted, bored, decaying,
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And hope you don't stare blankly at my finger.
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*Thanks to P.R.*
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*Thanks to P.R.*
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title: Meaning & Self
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title: Meaning & Self
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There's some duality between sources of meaning,
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There's some duality between sources of meaning,
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Between the types of stories we use to back identity.
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Between the types of stories we use to back identity.
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It's not quite good & bad or light & dark,
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I guess it's just meaning & self.
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I guess it's just meaning & self.
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title: Completed poems from "Missives"
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Though the flow'r may bloom ere long
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Though the flow'r may bloom ere long
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and night recede unto the dawn,
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and night recede unto the dawn,
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so yet may love's embrace grow fond
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There's naught to fear in life or death.
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So slay, then slay! For now, I care not how,
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I need for naught but that which love allow.
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I need for naught but that which love allow.
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Though every climax approach a denouement
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I reach for the ewer of water,
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I hope to quench the heat.
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I beg for yet another serving,
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Though the tongue may lap --
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I shall sup no greater meal
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Than thy gift entrancing.
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Than thy gift entrancing.
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On reading letters late received,
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I felt within: the fox --
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I felt within: the fox --
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Would that distance be traversed as easily
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As hearts t'wards yearning hearts!
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As hearts t'wards yearning hearts!
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A rose, single, now blooming
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A rose, single, now blooming
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A rose, single, now blooming, forever holds all pow'r.
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Her hair is tied with a ribbon
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The dogs assure me:
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There are volumes of meaning —
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Life and death —
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And the way you rest your hands on the table.
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There is too much fire in me to be described by the soldering iron's tip.
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There is too much fire in me to be described by the soldering iron's tip.
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If I were to draw that across my flesh,
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If I were to draw that across my flesh,
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until I'm felt only as warmth on your face.
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But even that would not be enough.
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But even that would not be enough.
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title: When I fall, I will remain whole
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title: When I fall, I will remain whole
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I keep hoping that, one day,
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I'll spring palladial from the bole of a tree.
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I'll spring palladial from the bole of a tree.
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Fully formed, sexless,
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Fully formed, sexless,
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My will affirming, strong, and sure.
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My will affirming, strong, and sure.
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And when I fall, I will remain whole,
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And when I fall, I will remain whole,
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Confident that I lived well and unapologetic.
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Confident that I lived well and unapologetic.
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Reference in New Issue
Block a user