Such sweet sorrow

 
It's only a short moment in time,
but the impact is a long-lasting plague:
a dizzying stillness
adrift in the occupancy
of an empty room.
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Playing on my iTunes at this very moment:
Jean Grae, CaseBasket

Advice I advise you to take

 
Learn to love the lowered stare of the bull.
Shower in the pixie sounds of crashing China.
Empty your pockets just the one time -
the second will be a hoax,
wrought religiously in an opium den
owned by your second cousin.
(He never told you that secret?)
Squeak in time with your new sneakers.
This means, of course, that you must learn to keep time.
Wear the expensive watch your second cousin
very generously got for you last Christmas.
(Don't ask him where he got it.)
Try to leave Pamplona unharmed.
The insurance doesn't cover "aggravated goring."
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Playing on my iTunes at this very moment:
The Wailin' Jennys, Long Time Traveler

Build it yourself

 
We passed but once,
eyes buried in the grated landscape
sprinkled heartily around us.
Did you see a reflection of yourself?
I saw mine.
I liked parts of what it showed me
and sent others back for revision,
the benefit of keeping all my eggs
in different baskets
and burning my faith in the imaginary
long before you learned to ask questions.
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Playing on my iTunes at this very moment:
The Tallest Man On Earth, Graceland

You might say it was a, "sharp sense"

 
This marks my triumphant (HA...good one) return to the world of writing. I'll be back in the weeks to come, and I hope it's with more consistency.
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Again he heard the knife slide into the pillow, and again he woke with a start to find it wasn’t actually there. But she was, fast asleep and probably dreaming, judging by the slight grin that creased her features. Maybe marrying an acquitted killer wasn’t the best idea he’d ever had.
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Playing on my iTunes at this very moment:.
Xavier Rudd, Messages