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the leaves

tattooed on her back

blurred by years

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burnt broccoli

keeps you

awake

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over and over

the sound of the cat’s claw

retracting

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the train

shakes the house

chickens on the loose

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the part

you always leave out

comes back to you

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the cat comes

in so he can cry

to go outside

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a few stars out

and most of them

are planets

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when I get home

the daffodils

have turned away

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the pill

you can see inside

harder to swallow

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counting chickens

I greet the one

whose name I know

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