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She survived in and because of poetry. That, and love.
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The Goddess who created this passing world
Said Let there be lightbulbs & liquefaction
Life spilled …
Said Let there be lightbulbs & liquefaction
Life spilled …
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with some nuance: as if i came to
masculinity through the women’s gate...
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My previous life is a stone. / I’m still paying my
debt.
I’m almost always lying
In a
In a
poem
I’m almost always lying
In a
In a
poem
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After tonight, what’s left of you is you moving into my
dream
After tonight, what’s left of you is you moving into my
dream
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Once I learned I could have the last word
I couldn’t stop having
I couldn’t stop having
it.
Once I learned I could have the last word
I couldn’t stop having
I couldn’t stop having
it.
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