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Old 06-27-2011, 09:50 AM   #7101
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Old 06-27-2011, 10:29 AM   #7102
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Old 06-27-2011, 09:57 PM   #7103
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We see ourselves in lightning,
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Old 06-27-2011, 10:13 PM   #7104
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Others in the rain
seem to find no home in it,
how it levels things.
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Old 06-27-2011, 10:59 PM   #7105
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how it levels things
for the frailty of our fall
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Old 06-27-2011, 11:59 PM   #7106
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Leads us to winter—
Darkness creeps back unnoticed
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Old 06-28-2011, 01:25 AM   #7107
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after the solstice
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Old 06-28-2011, 01:49 AM   #7108
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My feet are still cold
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Old 06-28-2011, 02:22 AM   #7109
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Upon my steeled soul
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Old 06-28-2011, 07:41 AM   #7110
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we peel rotten potatoes
fungus is in us
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Old 06-28-2011, 08:07 AM   #7111
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Old 06-28-2011, 06:45 PM   #7112
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Old 06-28-2011, 07:08 PM   #7113
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The season breeds Death
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Fed on sun, rain, angst.

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Old 06-28-2011, 08:47 PM   #7114
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so no expected flowers
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Old 06-29-2011, 12:51 AM   #7116
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Untraveled hillsides,
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Old 06-29-2011, 04:45 AM   #7117
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Clouds for stepping stones
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Old 06-29-2011, 05:12 AM   #7118
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The snow melts my heart,
I catch it in paper cups
And make you slushies.

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And make you slushies.
So rabid dog can calm down
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Busy in the web.
I work at politeness, and
choke on my own snark.

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