......The Poetry Of.
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Marie Lechrivain ....................
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Ingot in 3 acts
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Pulsing bright. ....................
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Hopeful, ardent, in ....................
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cellophane innocence. ....................
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Unwrapped with greedy hands, ....................
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beheld the fragile contents- ....................
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Squeezed just a little ....................
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too ....................
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hard ....................
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in ....................
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the grasp. ....................
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Gasp- ....................
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It did….. ....................
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Lay quiet ....................
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in the palm, ....................
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juices running through ....................
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upturned fingers, ....................
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widened with shock, ....................
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such random destruction ....................
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could be so all-consuming? ....................
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The life- ....................
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or what is left, ....................
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struggles to inflate ....................
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it’s strictured parameters… ....................
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II ....................
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Time: ....................
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a professional .................... ....................
and indifferent nurse. ....................
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Matte surface, ....................
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textured with marks ....................
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of emotional asphyxiation. ....................
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Even vitamin E cannot restore its lost glory. ....................
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Arrhythmic, ....................
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suspicious, ....................
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shunning ....................
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gentle ministration ....................
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in fear of a becoming a lifestyle victim. ....................
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III ....................
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Alone- ....................
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Scars opened and ....................
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Re-opened ....................
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With jagged fingernail memories. ....................
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Mendicant- ....................
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leper- ....................
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preferable to normal. ....................
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Matisse on Acid
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Matisse on Acid ....................
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would’ve been unnecessary, ....................
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to a man whose ....................
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fire always burned bright, ....................
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even as his vision of the physical ....................
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world was extinguished. ....................
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King of Fauve- ....................
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still ....................
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in soul- ....................
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shaped a new universe of ....................
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paper aura jungles, ....................
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birds in cerulean glass skies, ....................
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zealots crucified on holy walls. ....................
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Matisse on Acid ....................
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would’ve been unnecessary, ....................
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for the death of a man ....................
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who re-birthed his own genius. ....................
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THE DIALECTIC OF MORE
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I ....................
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I was looking forward to your arrival ....................
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Held my breath. ....................
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Counted the days. ....................
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Held myself in. ....................
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You floated away on the red river. ....................
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I am here, ....................
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still waiting. ....................
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The days to greet you ....................
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are fewer than they used to be. ....................
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II ....................
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How can I be angry with you? ....................
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You’ve drawn ....................
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a clear line between us, ....................
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by mutual consent. ....................
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You come as close to me ....................
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As time and circumstance allow. ....................
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It’s more than I’ve ever been given. ....................
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Disparage a caress ....................
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I’ve bestowed, ....................
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between one breath to the next ....................
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surrender to exhaustion. ....................
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How can I be angry with you? ....................
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Your action’s not premeditated, ....................
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Just careless- ....................
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Cuts me so much more ....................
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Than the cruelest moments I remember. ....................
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III ....................
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The scales are balanced ....................
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in the New World Order. ....................
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A weirder form of metrics, ....................
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More effort = less reward. ....................
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The giving tree never received a ....................
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"Thank you.". ....................
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