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THE AMBER BEAD As a bead of amber captures a fly So does the flesh of a peach Encapsulate my halcyon...
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THE BROKEN TOOTH
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NETFLIX Seven seasons in seven days A child grows to hulking man, As abed I bathe in opiated waves Remote...
21 FIRST AVENUE
21 First Avenue Once I lived in the dust of cockroaches The pipes clanked with hammers at night The bedroom...
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