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Wars
Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. […]
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Phenomenal Car
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m […]
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Dreams of Great Things
Jumping straight into summer going from three jerseys to swimsuit and shorts, I bought fairy flip flops with diaphanous roses and sequins too beautiful to wear, the sweet scent of jasmine filling the air The crocodile within me lay in the sun yesterday luxuriating in the cool wind stroking and teasing my skin, the inviting […]
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The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy […]
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Self-portrait
Jumping straight into summer going from three jerseys to swimsuit and shorts, I bought fairy flip flops with diaphanous roses and sequins too beautiful to wear, the sweet scent of jasmine filling the air The crocodile within me lay in the sun yesterday luxuriating in the cool wind stroking and teasing my skin, the inviting […]
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