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ankles to neck
one of those nights
where arthritis tells
you, you should’ve
died young
a constant pain
ankles to neck
gin used to dull
this fucker
but those days
are long gone
as always something
stronger is needed
there has to be
a bent spoon
around here
somewhere
a little glass mirror
that hasn’t been
broken in some
psychotic rage
the next door
neighbor is
a gypsy
i’m sure she’ll
have something
of course, she’s
younger
only takes digital
currency
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the new normal
tornado warning
in february
there’s still snow
on the fucking
ground
they say this is
supposed to be
the new normal
i guess for the
first time in
my life
i can officially
say
i’m too old
for this shit
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overtime
bloody teeth on the ice
a nation lets go of forty
six years of frustration
i believe whitman would
call it a barbaric yawp
i would say i screamed
in ecstasy
something i have been
waiting for since i was
four years old
but for at least one
sunday in february
the boys will be
known as golden
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a secret to be kept
remember the first woman
you took to get an abortion
she was a friend that never
asked for any money
only for a secret to be kept
and it has
we, the lost souls of the
nineties
kids in the streets
or the kids that thought
they knew the streets
dealing drugs in the
apartments
running cocaine across
three towns at four in
the morning
most of us made it out
alive
some of us had no choice
but to die young
i look at the old photos
still remember the names
and the good times
but don’t know where
any of them are anymore
just how they like it
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keeps you up at night
the voice of an angel
enough baggage to take
a few years off your life
of course you’re in love
the ache in your soul
that keeps you up
at night
the endless questions
that have no answers
she sends her love every
morning so many miles
away
promises to come find
you before you die
you’re old enough
to know
a promise really means
nothing until it does
all the scars have a story
every heartbreak has
a song
life keeps turning the
page until the story
runs out
hopefully, we have
a few more chapters
to write
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