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dan_y · 2005-04-08 12:23:35

it's not like there's a reason for the tightness in your chest for the slick pathetic lies and excuses you digress it's not like there's a need a karmic right for you to me or the trite and faded heat of grabbed marked hips so sutured we cannot see the ringworm softly eat us both alive or the whiskey sting of ease at a…

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08-04-2005 1:23pm

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dan_y

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it's not like there's a reason
for the tightness
in your chest
for the slick pathetic lies
and excuses
you digress

it's not like there's a need
a karmic right
for you to me
or the trite and faded heat
of grabbed marked hips
so sutured we

cannot see the ringworm
softly eat us both
alive
or the whiskey sting of ease
at a barely concealed
lie
and the short bad-tempered breath
clinging skin and cracking
hives
as we desperately grasp for the
skill set to thrive
alone

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#2 13-04-2005 12:44pm
Chucky

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I like the imagery your poem created in my head. You seemed angry in the poem, yet content.

What is the background?

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#3 13-04-2005 7:34pm
shiv

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great rhythm and pacing

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#4 13-04-2005 8:18pm
hada

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enjoyed that very much so.

you have a thing with food don't you? rather unique and brilliant it is too..

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