It is only those who find themselves in love in the world

Who will suffer an anguish of mortality--

 which is not what we wanted.  

My heart uselessly opens to 3 words,

and I was not enough for them,

for you.  

You don't speak them again and

          there's a knot in...

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Wednesday night in the vast room--

illuminated in the flickering blue light of the frame-by-frame progression  

We sit engrossed in the midnight feature.  

In the night I see the truth concealed in the day's bright lie

and in the dark it is safe

although I am behind these barriers...

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Red skies over home again.

She arrived, aching, lovelorn and worn for the wear

 after much travel.

We went around and around...

A dream, she said, it was

exquisite

she said

 (I wish you could have seen it, she said

the rain and the kiss at the end)

I wish too, my dear, that I had been...

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You are distant in my mind,

But your memory is still here,

Your memory use to kill me,

Like being stabbed with a spear,

But now you don't faze me,

I no longer shed a tear,

You are distant in my heart,

Each night I would cry,

For hours on end,

Now I'm glad I said goodbye,

So keep...

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Because I could not stop for life, she kindly stopped for me

I put away my joys and woes for our mutual serenity

We discussed my triumph and dispair at lenth the whole day long

All life's trivial struggles all woven into a fabric song

Life is just a game we play while doing other...

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