December 2010
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Empty house
Empty heart
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loose lips sink ships
I had a dream that I lost a tooth last night and pushed the tooth back into my gum. Only it was or felt like a smaller, “baby” tooth. I could feel the tooth move around as I played with it with my tongue and as I spoke. I got very uncomfortable with this sensation, especially since I was asleep, and yet the feeling was so vivid that I woke up from it.
I really hate those dreams and...
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Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand
Whoever you are, holding me now in hand,
Without one thing, all will be useless,
I give you fair warning, before you attempt me further,
I am not what you supposed, but far different.
Who is he that would become my follower?
Who would sign himself a candidate for my affections?
The way is suspicious—the result uncertain, perhaps destructive;
You would have to give up...
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Watch
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The perpetual chase
…at a snail’s pace.
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The Skeleton in Armor
SPEAK! speak! thou fearful guest, Who, with thy hollow breast Still in rude armor drest, Comest to daunt me! Wrapt not in Eastern balms, But with thy fleshless palms Stretched, as if asking alms, Why dost thou haunt me?”
Then, from those cavernous eyes Pale flashes seemed to rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in December; And, like the water’s flow Under December’s snow, ...
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WatchI crouch like a crow Contrasting the snow For the agony, I’d rather know ‘Cause blinded I am blindsided
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white-knuckled
crooked halo