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			<title>[ noble charge ]</title>
			<description>noble chargein your face ever dampenedif ever lastingthey were never your lipsto trembleample ordersso far inheriteddress your form in doubtinked spots mark your blousehinting stout mouths in boutbut is it ever your own?so farwherever you're stonedthe streets route mutenoon finds you asleepyour kin ..</description>
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			<title>[ nothing to my name ]</title>
			<description>nothing to my namethe guitar strings sleepbut rays shimmer throughechoing inside my earsa great leap forwardawoken red between riverssnakes slither past storescold pruning the storieswithering all that knowsof a past unbridlednothing to my namea hundred flowers bloomin all sprouting truthbut the bee..</description>
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			<title>Lisianthus cold</title>
			<description>Lisianthus coldEn fold, it was IGreenery diced into dustFrom my cloth, through my lotAs the petals rockedMy raindrops glimpsedIn a scene gangreneBut it was ILive in brim rays through the curtain's satin</description>
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			<title>La vie</title>
			<description>poppy seedslodged rent freethrough my jugulartrodden into liquorrot rightfully en rosewhen I dieI shall sproutone bloody balladwherein maggots and miteslet in flight beone most live waltzC'est toiMorphine, et al</description>
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			<title>flat moon pools</title>
			<description>in thatflat moon poolinduced in my youtha fragrance of raisinsjust beneath my tongueasleep in some pleait couldn't have beenso much of a seammore of a least known boom of ecstasywhen I held my tiestraightening out my liesshe asked me who was II said I was</description>
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			<title>King of the Rodents</title>
			<description>i reckon the hillsmust have, at some pointcrowned the horizons with millsthat of mouths to feed but nevertheless home of rodentsi take a moment to sleepone to nudge in center to the hourglassthen i reckoni must have, at some pointworn a crown that wasn't mine to wearthen it was Ialas, king of the ro..</description>
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			<title>[ sand eater ]</title>
			<description>sand eateryour grog lips growlike the soles of your feetwasted in grave apathydone the dunessultan of your nothingdome the utteranceengraved in your turbanmegalomaniacflog your backinto crisp memoryuntil restored your countenance</description>
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			<title>[ rollercoaster ]</title>
			<description>rollercoasterall over hersemotional at bestit was once investedin pyrrhic returnswas it empirically sound?or rationally found?amidst your frownrivers guide traitorsbut in the grand landscapeof your form,these are wise favourscarved across your wrists</description>
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			<title>[ my beloved cherub ]</title>
			<description>my beloved cherubin your saint's rubblethe most putrid scentcurls your lips,does it curb your faithheard your late night wailingswithin your mother's wombi heard your temptationunraveling a vixen's damnation</description>
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			<title>canine dystasia</title>
			<description>strange cubsin earth grownhundred stone strongin curse kindredin silence howlingthis evil incursionthat instills fear, stillbornreal bones,neither globe domesbut drone lights flail the pipesunderneathwith the feedsit is mine, alpine fantasiacanine dystasia</description>
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			<title>chariots</title>
			<description>Roman chariotsimbued these roadsin parallel paths reforcedthis formative idealwhich concurswith the personative ideaof one elastic aspirationthe arrogant confrontationbetween man and Godabout bequeathed judgementssurmises history,promised lands,messiahs and dormant kings,from Sumeria to ethereal Ava..</description>
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			<title>fugitive moon faces</title>
			<description>time cues inprudence is reflectedin the fugitive moon facestime is dueyouth is loomedwith audacity and vivacityin it retrospective of its own surroundingslikely a glimpsea blimp of a slightly louder oneit learns to rootbefore its turn is mute</description>
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			<title>30</title>
			<description>notes get oldmy wits do not get any bolderI must hoist my penand catapult these thoughts30, from here on I start to diemy sadness beckons into the materialand expressions stagnate into wrinklestrickling bits of memorythe steep curve evidently flattens30, from here on I start to lieunlike before just..</description>
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			<title>Lions of Judah</title>
			<description>weep notbeholdfrom the crown tomb of Abrahamingrained gospelsand one refrained ramadanin earth investedthese truths of heavenenter the lions of Judahstampede out those unforeign heathensoff the land of Davidso that his star may burn unquestionedlone victorious star, moonlessruthlesstruthlessearthly ..</description>
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			<title>[ May beacons ]</title>
			<description>May beaconsfrom this to the nextin reflected oathscredited goalsoff the back of my unturned arcanain my gruesome fealtywith no remorse to orderI've struck the utility of ghostsas juxtaposed as just a stonewhere rare critters roam underin soul searching fableswith no recourse other than arealityto gr..</description>
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			<title>that 1984</title>
			<description>it was in 1984that they killed my momma's soulwhen my feet burnedin that basalt african soilthorns in my throatwhen I saw a fairy queenshining before methat oiled corpsedomed in petals colored whiteit was in 1984 indeedthat codeine deemed intrinsicwhen my lips chappeda flesh so rottenin that house s..</description>
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			<title>[ it was beneath the hills ]</title>
			<description>it was beneath the hillsof that antique Greecethat she let out the kings of the Republica myth distinctly realthat made this thryst uniquely royalit was not the paranoia, or the juvenoiathat corrupted that pactit was the olive treesin liturgical rites of faithalike the Huns before Thraciakneeled bef..</description>
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			<title>[ knit onion rings]</title>
			<description>knit onion ringsmy briefly wed vampirestranspire into my night tradessay, did you extract his bile?that which is essentialfor the concotion which is superterrestrialin all notions, poison, distortionin the skin, corrosion, sexually potentthat risen vicemy written rites expiredw..</description>
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			<title>The Grand Inquisitor: Reprise</title>
			<description>pardoned ghostsall these fiery boatsrationed bowlsfor he who was and still isin that image erectout his tomb and fumeswith clues of eternityfor he his eternalin all that we are infirmas in after the fact, after the pactfor that heavenly breadwhich in nothing is earthlybut eve..</description>
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			<title>fairies </title>
			<description>doctor, have you lifted my liverwith a stiff touch, if you pleaseindistinct from that of deathsee, I've produced it from my gutsthis fear whose spirit I've distilledinto the base components of hypocrisyI've mastered it in secretthis act, this domain of cynical despairdo you not trust..</description>
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			<title>olive trees</title>
			<description>oh nomy olive treesdiseasonedhost these shadesinflated states of graymy ego nationdisease strickencasts no formsother than strungI am shrunkbeneath myimprisoned bymy olive trees</description>
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			<title>virgins of the praerie</title>
			<description>these mad boarsdone chased the babes off the praeriebetrothen tools, these fools lack providencetheir virgins deprived of the touch of Godthey will seeno Mary will synthesize amidst their tribesand find path in the sands' immortal coffinopen their tombs, sovereign pigsthen their wombs, solemn kingsa..</description>
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			<title>galleys</title>
			<description>yes I do rob the stallsI cash the lotsscratch the price and roll in dirtdisguise the productI am the roth, the childand the holy spiritsolely follyI am the blood clotif do trace back,i am very much the only sotwith a rich flanneland morrow cropssold in galleys</description>
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			<title>[ falling clothes ]</title>
			<description>falling clothesall my soiled virginsundisclosed, tail my toesmarble tiles, and bubbled sightsone of those caught my eyein a putrid scent, animalsin a lovely sense, water fallsand sea foam, they subvert the boltseize my cross and bow, tie and diceoh these bloodless playsare the bloodiest of all to th..</description>
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			<title>a pair of shoes and a book</title>
			<description>	Right here. Look, but don't actually look. Not at me. I'm sat here but I wish they were instead. Those two boys in my mind, do you wanna know? Well, it's quite a story. It's a gentle one of two gentle boys, too gentle for their own good I'd say. I'd play a song and let it develop on it's own but I'..</description>
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			<title>dry peach</title>
			<description>bad lipsinsipid yet kissedstripped of itsteep in its trillpeer exchangeis a fierce endangermenta monument to eroswhen not a statement to narcissusone to render psychology erogenousan apostrophe to the catastrophe you seeof one that warms yet in its staleness&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<title>tween bliss</title>
			<description>TarnishedIn flightExiled to the furthest novellaUnwelcome in my own dreamBut, what's the excuse for a secretIf not a swindle?So I let my tears runTo cushion my fallIn the end I can say I triedAnd played my partI won't say I love youBut I'll be colloquialErgo I'll die before you and you won't know a ..</description>
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			<title>shrine of unbirth</title>
			<description>good griefmy teeth missing from my sleepbegone with your priestsi'll see you off in the brinkof the morning in the afterblast of nagasakilastlyin motionrolled off on purposeand pulled of the most epic mitosissee, one that was one became twoand the two that were one became nonethus through the shrine..</description>
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			<title>sybil</title>
			<description>rushed offbrushed off the metal wavelunar rays reflected off the coastmy eyelids dimoff the specular streammy consciousness is lost along the filmbyte by bytei notice my stillslack confidencei am desperate for a breathit used to be for my deathi am a traitor to my brassand i have to reason to lastsl..</description>
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			<title>bad paris</title>
			<description>the windmill creaksa voice of a thousand ghostsheld in limbostale and pillagedatoned to the hill songthis is a dreamthat has been dreamt beforea witch in the fireand the knight by the stablesa shining star in the barren skywhy does it cryis it so a fine day to die?</description>
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			<title>great mania</title>
			<description>take it, then lace itrate itattain itpay it mind, nine dimes a timeeach a wellwish and tell&amp;nbsp;stale your dreamsbe abroad in sin&amp;nbsp;take a leap of faith and kill your kinit might just be God's willif not, another willthe thrill is not in the dealit's in the appeal for freedom&amp;nbsp;whichever chao..</description>
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			<title>rhine queen</title>
			<description>trickling off the tribeyouyou're tricking the flieswith your sugary vibes&amp;nbsp;too shy to fetch a dimeso come on, dine with meand pay back in kindslacking off the moonshine, lights off, moonlightease up your mindin time, with your racks inquiredback at the shrinecommit a slippery crime at noonand bl..</description>
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			<title>[ lemon book ]</title>
			<description>lemon booksour letters left a rash on my tongueinept, undecipherable&amp;nbsp;bent to the last pageto find a lie that was my first truthfirst page throughout the roomshe was twelve when they took ita photograph hidden in the picture bookto conceal an adult factalong a childish track</description>
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			<title>spiralling, spiralling, spiralling</title>
			<description>everyone is downspiral form despairlike something's in the airbut no demon beneath my bedyou'll find that's one that hidesright through your veinslike a pessimist's wet dreamhe's shy of introductionsyou know him truly wellthat scentless carcassmakes days of your strainspain, famine, a mild migrainen..</description>
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			<title>Martin Luther</title>
			<description>enemy of my statekeep up with this pacefor I have met the face of my god&amp;nbsp;and lost minebeware soof the burning house without insurancei have met the horrormy friendone worshipped, and unknown&amp;nbsp;to both the rash pen and the young poetashamed.of my slatei see through new eyes&amp;nbsp;the meaning o..</description>
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			<title>no venice</title>
			<description>what is itdo you have itpanoramic madnesslavish and ravagedbarren peasant&amp;nbsp;nameless, on the way to Venice&amp;nbsp;tethered mannersin a way oblivious&amp;nbsp;could you be more hedious&amp;nbsp;come along, spit it out in hebrew&amp;nbsp;find kind with poisoned winefind route through the maze and pray me aside</description>
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			<title>a flea across the glass</title>
			<description>truth or darewell i guess i'll darebut first i'll muzzle my painonly then askwhat piece am iin your puzzleno matter&amp;nbsp;i count my deedsi count my keysthat fit in no lockbut inside my pockets jingle my brimjot these on my coffinand lastlyfare well with your peersof which i had nonebut suffered all ..</description>
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			<title>[ icecream yeah ]</title>
			<description>icecream yeahas if i had it in my graspi'd be honest and be withoutstill about what she meantwhen she took her face off her grave(well, what a sunny grave)wet my fingers with your raysmelt and bowed downdisembowelled to the last droplastly vanilla drownedi'd be a moundof your wet dreamsand you the m..</description>
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			<title>garnished erotica</title>
			<description>probe my fleshwith your magic wandlong past dawna swarm down my stomachshort of givingsall evil asidei'm open for the takingbeautifully sogarnished eroticaslightly nurturedyou'll find me quite a treatto a man like youall evil asidei wish you'd bethe unintentional demon</description>
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			<title>red briefs, parallax</title>
			<description>red briefsparallaxmanner prideout your cribtwo feet in the sockslocked in with the youthenter the crocodile's swamphonours to the routemoss and fungusone feet outnone still puresome still hold grudgeto the swamp insteadlittle lolita you've got yourself a pursenow get yourself a gun</description>
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			<title>C 18300</title>
			<description>destroy her quicklya snake through her throatclog the means of retortionas neatly as the means of motioncoerce the impersonationa step at a timeuntil the machine is pristinepersistently soprimitive in chlorineseamless murderedcount these versesdrawn on throughby way of the knifeall throughout her wa..</description>
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			<title>jerusalem</title>
			<description>terror classfighter jetdrums over dunesloom closer at nightwith its teethover minesover my sister who rests deeppoor creaturedismissal is ambivalentas with minimalsof equivocal spectaclesthose with a flashand a bangthat take roofs and then livesunder lies of pretentious rescueis it you, and your mis..</description>
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			<title>distortion in grove</title>
			<description>you won't bea thousand miles awayfrom another loversauna dwelleryour hellenistic bribetoo old for this tribeinquire no lessthan a dime in the sewerout of your reachbut a kick to your greedno flex on these streetsqueer as we gono meat in the ovenbut we had them boysthirst for these pillsdistortion in..</description>
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			<title>rhodok</title>
			<description>no steedlate fallenin battle and in slumbera no-stunnerungifted of any stunthe ate not the nutbut instead the crumbsof a giant too numba parasite across the leylineno threat</description>
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			<title>1221</title>
			<description>oh nococonut treesdon't sproutwe had to sitconsume the seaand find a way to bea sparkly monolithinhibitions right on top our lipswe've primed the creedwith a colourless tuitionmonthly missinga venetian treatywe let them come and go</description>
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			<title>great comfort</title>
			<description>hardly dispersedfound needles in my purseloosely attached conundrumshe's the culprit of this pickledevilish as a billto a man in the woodsher lips could bebut they won't, for a reason deployed&amp;nbsp;before a cause foundlively throughdisregard any muse</description>
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			<title>bald</title>
			<description>fetch me a sipeternal blisscalled it firstyou know the gisti'm quite a shiftno barter, i slipand maul hershriek a pound on my soulwish i had no doors on my home</description>
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			<title>hyper mint</title>
			<description>pardon myalt rightnonsensical mannerismactuallythe entropy is enemyought to bei duck my strings solemnlyno crutch and i had this thing soon to becrude gleannot the windsnot the simple kin nor the skinsipno, that wasn't itthe way of making things hyper mintshe's no oneshe's no sainti slit her throatb..</description>
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			<title>oh karen...</title>
			<description>oh karen youyou're such a woeyou'll find yourself,and then a reason to disappear on a whimyou're such a choreyou know i'm the kind of man without a plani leave my sheets empty to cool my tearsbut oh karenyou're such a bland excuse&amp;nbsp;for a barren futureanywayyou know i'd be looking fora down to ea..</description>
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			<title>the modern democrat</title>
			<description>ooze out the flaskremedy to apathypatronised by alacritythe unanimity of the assemblyvoted for mutual anonymitythey make their caseby no cashless caserhetorical of humanitarian aidunnatural as it staysin the hands of those who makethe same hands that bemoulded bustwill be laidone that tells the whol..</description>
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