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I loved you before I knew you
Foolishly so
Before the broken glasses and the time spent alone
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Give me something to say and I will
Say it without reservation
Give me something to hate and I will
Hate it
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Suddenly and then all at once
Life became too exciting for her
Violent decrescendos clash
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It wasn't my lie to tell
So I left you and it alone
Grasping for what little hope
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When you decide to leave me
Leave me good
Learning to mend again
I will teach this heart
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At 7, I wasn't meant to grow too old too fast
At 16, I wasn't meant to smoke and drink and watch my future pass
At 20, I am not meant to love and live too cavalier
Instead, I argue with oblivion and wrestle with my fears
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How many fathers, sons, nephews,
daughters, sisters, aunts,
mothers, cousins,
friends, colleagues
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What I Knew
I loved you before I knew you
Foolishly so
Before the broken glasses and the time spent alone
Before the breaks of the work at hand
With leftover sandwiches and orange peels
I loved you still
And after the tossing of old newspapers
And the turning of the clocks
The mid-August heat
The late December frost
I could never keep you
That much I did not know
But I knew that when I loved you
I wouldn't let you go
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Life isn't about the play, but rather the score.
To be an American is to be accosted by bigotry and enmity for the rights that you were told to appreciate.
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