Some reused. Some old, Some new... mostly new.

(1)
I feel like a Tom Sawyer
I make a game for
each other side of me
out of work and steam
just so the non- committing sides
can still feel their dreams.

I am a great pretender.

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(2)
even windows can hide lies
behind glass if they hold noise in.

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(3)
just search a little high now
come out at the top
hang your head a little lower
and we'll ALL notice you
carry on as you're going
and your heart will
be as low as you have hung
your head
and your thoughts stuck
between where you come out
and there.

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(4)
i hear your footsteps at my door-
run and hide, grab your things.
get up. cover yourself.
the faster that you go,
the sooner that you can come back
later; please,
don't forget me when you leave.
i'll always hide you in my sheets.

i give up entirely-
take me as you want me.

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(5)
I just wanted to remind you that
i will hold your words
of "you're not perfect" in my
pocket
and i pull them out each time
you may forget.
i try to forgive myself for being
so intelligent.
don't you notice?

Watch me watch you.
I know your moves.

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(6)
the vitality of beckoning strength
in being old
yet, i am a child.

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(7)
my mouth is dry
my hands are shaky
my eyes are but half open.
but that's when you get me on
my feet,
I'll be on my toes.

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(8)
it's so easy
to forget the pleasure of a kiss
when you have kept lips sealed.
i won't compose far the feeling
is so real.
breathless; ten feet away.
falling faint upon your face
but yet when hearing voice
from such a tender face
I relax; compose.
I listen without turning
or tapping of my toes.
i won't be scared of not moving;
no, i fear not my gentle silence.
-But I will not waste the pace
of my beating heart
for if I turn and catch your glance
it might move me beyond my years.

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(9)
We are chasing each other
on this hamster wheel.
and We'll fly away again
on different wings.

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(10)
i won't cry on your shoulder
because then you wouldn't
see the sternness of my face.
although i worry too much...
you worry so much more,
as though there was an
impending storm.
winds rage to tempest to be
overthrown.
but you seem to smile
and say,
"got my course and sails."
So I cast down my raincoat
for there is no flood in my view.

it's his choice to seize us
and eventually he will.
forever the same ship
headed for the same sea.
good thing there's no black
death inside of me.

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(11)
your stomach
feels so sour,
oh substance!
it keeps me still
and sleeping.

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(12)
We will never be kept from
knowing of such necter;
sweet and silky morsels
will taste upon your tongue.

But too, my friend
if so desired often:
you'll itch from your
addiction
and the cleverness
of its recipes
will trick you when it's done.
sliding down your throat,
a fever will arise.
your veins would pulse
and your pupils would increase
in size if faint you could feel this
you would fall.
such things
keep bringing
unborn kings
closer to meeting
this unforgiving world.
bring wholesomeness upon my tongue.

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(13)
Make a wish
and let it die
for dandelion seeds
eventually fall
to the ground
unless of course,
a seed catches Air
for Air is unseen
to the eyes.
But its there
to carry wishes
when it wishes
oh, do you feel it here.
Grace has taught me
what it was to lose
and mercy
what it is to gain.

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(14)
we've won this match for dirty games
we do not play.
i've kicked the dust off of myself
and ignored the grass stains
that grace your knees and upper thighs
from nights you imagined
that you were alive.
Cos it is today that we are living
indulgent on our own jade marked legs
And we're so high on the moment.

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(15)
The hands at all reunions
for evil shall not win.
we battle on, my Keeper,
You hold all till the end.
and past the gates into the hall.
a dream I cannot wake.f
or time is of no bars
to You,
and I could only wish to
hold such a careful prayer,
to find all my own mistakes.
Turbulent but
triumphant.
Free but only for
forgiving.
Will not
for willing

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(16)
It was difficult...
It'll take time.
It's what we both want...
It's something that's gonna take time.

It's a little tricky...
I don't really mind.
It's going to hurt a bit...
I honestly don't mind.

I think I've failed at this...
I think you've done great.
I really want to please you...
I know that you've done great.

I don't think that it will work this time...
It'll be perfect when it does.
I think I want this to work right...
It'll be perfect like it is now.

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(17)
I gave a shooting star
a talking to
in case it came my way;
I gave my
heart a penny to
tell my brain its thoughts.

the shooting star must have come to life
and sprouted itself some legs.
and my heart must have
told my brain what it was thinking
and the brain paid me back the penny
because i've found myself a lucky cent.

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