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Give more
Than a gift.
Give an
Experience.

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You only know
How to
Hurt me now.

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Travis Bickle's
Sweet
Gun up the sleeve
Routine.

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When
Casper helped
Schubert
Complete the
Unfinished
Symphony.

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That scene
Where everybody
Apologizes
To Rupert Pupkin.

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Who's going
To love
The lonely
Love child?

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If you wanna
Be happy
For the
Rest

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Not a bad
Idea,
But a terrible
Reality.

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Marching
To the beat
Of an indifferent
Drummer.

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Whole thing getting crazy, already—
Isn't that so?

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Is there really
Much more
Left to say?

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY HANNIBAL LECTER DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE “CHIANTI”?

I am a good deal troubled,
With a noiseless step,
And easily disturbed.

Pell-mell into the parlour,
I shook off the lethargy.

If I make myself understood:
Drink as prop—
Locker room cancer—
Katie bar the door—
All the recent ideas conjoined.

Who I technically report to
Is fucking immaterial.

It’s all fun and games
‘Til someone gets wet.

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Off in the distance,
Another day to regret.

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I sleep
With destiny's
Feet
In my face.

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Descend, kind
Pity, heavenly
Guest, descend,

And fill.

* * *

After Theodora by Handel.

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Lordy!
Everything have
Me in pawn—
Didn't we?

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I have spent
My life
Waiting for it.

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When you have
Been called,
You must listen.

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I have no mouth
And must eat shit.

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That's better, I think.

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I have no mouth
And I must shit.

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The devil
Wears Prada
And applies
Estée Lauder.

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So much
Depends on
A skull/crossbones
Ring.

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When I put
My mind to it:
Nothing.

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Oldboy
Made me
Swear off
Such movies.
Temporarily.

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Certain of
A modest fate,
Always wanting
More.

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Who cares
If everyone else
Is doing it?

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Torrential rain
Is fine;
My soul
Is filthy.

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And where
Would we be
If art mattered?

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Impossibility:
I keep reading,
But they
Keep writing.

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Hockey season—
Waited a year
For frozen water.

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The French Connection,
Parts 1 and 2:
Merde!

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Everywhere
I look,
All I see
Is possiblity.

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Just because
I'm broke
Doesn't mean
I agree.

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Don't ever
Stop doing
What you
Just did.

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What does one do
In such an instance?

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I can't hate
A song about
Drunken regret.

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Everything I did
While drunk
Was embarrassing.

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If I squint
     Just
          Right
It's all ok.

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Who knew
Life could
Work out
This way?

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What do you know?
A moment
Of humanity.

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Why didn't I
Think of
Prosthetic dog
Testicles?

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Just living
One second
At a time.

You?

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The wheels
Are coming
Off;
The axles
Too.

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I'm never sending
A cheesecake
Thank you
Again.

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Are you sure?
Deleted messages
Are gone
Forever.

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Tenacity:
It's not just
For pit bulls,
Anymore.

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The truth is:
The truth isn't
Out there.

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All it takes
Is one voice
Saying: "Yes."

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I don't know—
I just think
It's jackassery.

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I'm suspicious
Of words
Like "reckoning,"
Aren't you?

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Tired of waiting;
You didn't
Wake me up.

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Few things
Worse than a
Joe Dallesandro
Situation.