you would think
that if we didn't sink
after finding a million and one
untraditional ways to cross a river
...
i told my eyes to say nothing
my tongue to blink i'm better
without you
i trained these hands to sing
...
i dream of a day that shall never come
unless races are faded out completely
and faces no longer hold a hint
to cultural identity
...
you were the dream
as a teen
i must have stapled
my eyelids shut
...
i had planned to spike the punch
and watch old classmates throw up their lunch
and fall over their knees
dancing to music that told our age
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he's lukewarm
has one foot in the pool
his leading line is BE PATIENT
leaving you feeling like the fool
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Her body bends in corners like goners
looking into the eyes of the storm.
Terrified of the pressure put on us
...
Each day I fight to convince myself:
that it matters not what I wore
what I said before
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A doctor is expected to be just that
So is a lawyer and a dentist
No one ever asks the lawyer to clean his teeth
or the dentist to appeal a prison sentence
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