Shall we all fall down and surrender,
As if we’ve been hurt?
Or rendered inert?
...
I’ve made a career
Out of hypochondria,
I’ve worried
And worse.
...
The couch on my back
That I cannot get off
Is not due to malaise
Or a cough,
...
In case I fall asleep tonight,
I’ll paint my eyelids blue,
Then if you wander by my site
You’ll see me watching you.
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The folder’s clips left open
On the pages of the day,
Freeing hooves
Of shoes
...
Well the sun was not so hot when we decided
To switch off the radio and take a ride,
But we only got as far as the ice cream van
When we turned around and made for home again.
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Staying scares,
and fear freezes me,
So I step upstairs,
but rising seizes me,
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On the last day
Of the year,
Death, dressed
Up to the nines
...
And if intentions sent are purely meant
To be reciprocated, how then should
We proceed; in haste to demonstrate
Agreement, or gracefully in order to
...
We are well
In our cells
Which have more walls
Than four,
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