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she would think me
pretentious —– (snicker)
if i recommended a Charlie Parker
song
“Embraceable You”
so don’t tell her
i recommended it ——- (silence)

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break

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recall how we were never poetic
we never kissed in snow
(uproar)
and that’s not a cut
(get the gauze)
honey
honey
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telephones are different now
don’t think I forgot
I didn’t forget
I’m up all night

(splash)

all we can do now is
(clamor clamor clamor)
be quiet and hold each other
but let’s not
but but but we have so
many complaints

yesterday

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I wished I could breathe without
smelling her hair
that was a gift
cigarettes erase it

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i booked a cottage in Maine
with her name on the door
don’t believe me
(whisper… silence)
dropped out of school
for the way her legs moved
and the way she hated me
when it was three in the morning
and all i wanted to do was sob