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yo chocolate milk for breakfast kid.
one leg of your sweatpants rolled up
scrounging at the bottom of your mama’s purse...
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I did not know how beautiful we
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i calculate loss
like anyone
a fugitive to
like anyone
a fugitive to
sleeping
i calculate loss
like anyone
a fugitive to
like anyone
a fugitive to
sleeping
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The poets have emerged!
The poets have
The poets have
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The poets have emerged!
The poets have
The poets have
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