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Friend,
I who dreamt about you,
you who dreamt about me,
I was barefoot
you were nude,
both of us with children´s games.
Friend,
where are those paths
that we travelled together?
Where is that...
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I like to stack them tall
or end-to-end,
but then I dread
I'll find a dud I've penned.
Each syllable feels heavy
in my hand,
a sharp, slick sound
to pierce and then expand.
Like shrapnel
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Down deep,
down steep, dark tunnels I descend,
till statue, scroll, or frieze appears.
I scan the gilted images.
Might each portent
grand rites and mysteries
as old as man?
Behold a cat, a...
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My ship is waiting and I have to go.
Yes, this is our farewell. I won't say I'll
Return, sweet Princess. But I won't forget
The fairest of the maids who dropped their veils
And laundry baskets...
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If you think
I'm just goin’ to go away,
then you've got me all wrong.
And if you bet
I'll take offense
or get discouraged,
say "I'm done. I quit!"
Then you don't know me yet.
'Cause I'm a...
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On shelf or counter
they will latent lie.
In supermarkets,
boxes 'neath the stairs,
or from a friend,
through ear or eye,
the sly contagious germ
will enter unawares.
And once infected
no...
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My friend,
if you mean save my mortal soul
before the pass/fail test
when I decay
for pre-paid bliss
or face the heated hole.
I'll run the risk--
I'm Sorry,
I won't play.
Or do you mean
I...
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Let's hear it for the spirit.
Now lift your voice in song.
But if your arm's too weak, my friend,
You'd best not sing along.
So drink to the fellow with the scar on his chest
And drink to...
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lxxi
And when the Steward held the harp he cried,
"How did you get it? Please, I have to know!"
Etain then answered him, "Sir, once I spied
At noon a sloe-black raven hovering low
...
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Who lives the candied lives
of greeting cards?
Old Santa's just the first
of many lies.
Who dare resists
when every song bombards us,
makes us spend, consume,
our life despise.
What if your...
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