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The Looking Glass four summers agoThe Looking Glass by ~emothemurdok
he threw a picture frame into the lake
and told me it was a mirror.
don't move, you see, it's very temperamental
and i want you to know
how good you look
when you're wet.
when i was sixteen, i kissed him
lying in the dirt of my mother's garden. he said
he couldn't kiss me back
but I only wanted to know
what boys with consciences felt like. it was me
who stole his lighter
to hold a birthday party
for the cat.
Lock Picks and Rocks We broke into the old apartmentLock Picks and Rocks by ~emothemurdok
to look for things we'd lost when moving on
and moving out, across the street
and sixteen cities South. I tried to take
the poems from the windows but memories
are more permanent than marker. Mornings
seemed longer when sunrise wrote words
on bare walls and bare skin, or when
I traced end-rhymes and metaphors into the curve
of your hips.
These days we don't sleep.
and I couldn't find them; instead
we found furniture that spelled apathy
and wrong words on right angles, organized
and dead. They painted over
our names curled above the bedroom, they washed
the windows with writer's block an
Let's Go by ~emothemurdok
Sta.sh
It's July 27th which means it's that time of the year again and your special day is here! We hope you have an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!
Many well wishes and love from your friendly birthdays team
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On your birthday, special one,
I wish that all your dreams come true.
May your day be filled with joy,
Wonderful gifts and goodies, too.
On your day I wish for you, favorite people to embrace,
Loving smiles and caring looks,
That earthly gifts cannot replace.
I wish you fine and simple pleasures
I wish you many years of laughter
I wish you all of life's best treasures
I wish you happily ever after!
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Time is too slow for those who wait
Too swift for those who fear
Too long for those who grieve
Too short for those who rejoice
But, for those who love –
Time is eternity.
Happy early birthday!
Hope you have a good one!
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That's right, there's only two weeks left to enter the Photocopier Contest; only two weeks to take up your camera, take a photograph of whatever you please and translate it into the best piece of literature you can. There's fabulous prizes to be won and the adoration of your peers: what are you waiting for?!
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<Vocable> How many zebras does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
<Vocable> Three. One to screw it in, one to watch and one to make dirty jokes.
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<Vocable> How many zebras does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
<Vocable> Three. One to screw it in, one to watch and one to make dirty jokes.