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The Way You Stare at Me

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elzorrito

Published: Jan 13, 2009

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The way you stare at me
     I worry that your heart is
single-ply
      Like the toilet paper they sell
by the roll
             in the bodega.
I worry that your whispers will get lost
      in the nightnoise like crane flies
   or last chances.

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RaRn-BaRn

Feb 24, 2009

I don't think there's any need to work on this at all. I love how it's short, and straight to the point.

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