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Lumps in our throats
Our bodies intoxicant
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U turned him from a blob into a man
Oh, right, yea, mum’s the word
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Louis Vuitton announced it is raising prices this week in response to increased manufacturing costs & global inflation, a decision that will affect the cost of leather goods, accessories, & fragrances around the world
Ummmm, raise them to wut, two first-borns ???
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I always forget that flamingos are pink from the shrimp they eat
I eat u
I eat ur pink
! EXACT CHANGE ONLY !
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I saw a holiday gift list & in one entry, under Occupation, it said ROTTWEILER
Don’t make me throw an eggroll at u
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If ur a white man hoping to compare a contemporary culture-war non-issue to some historical atrocity, pls don’t
If ur an elected official hoping to express sympathy for a horrible Chinatown hate crime, u know it’s ok to do just that, right? U don’t have to tack on ur going-nowhere policy pushes IN THE SAME STATEMENT
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BUTTERCREAM ROSES / COLORS NOT FOUND IN NATURE
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Wut I know of u I take from 3 bronze monkeys & the Collected Poems of Ai
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[CSI: MIAMI SCREAM]
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U call it “craft” but I luv the CARE & attention & thoughtfulness some ppl place on form & punctuation & ahhhh bursting ♥♥♥
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A good poem teaches u how to read it … gently
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I don’t like that diaristic bullshit !!! U make coffee, some birds on a ledge … big whoop
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Those poems where u kinda just repeat the slurs & stereotypes are so 2008 … u shouldn’t do that b/c then they get double the airtime & ur rebuttal gets zero attention (haha)
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Short poems are more fashionable now
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Someone rightfully called me the thinking-person’s Azn poet
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My friends actually say things like let’s schedule a time to talk
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ONUS
Put the ONUS on me
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Womyn holding warm doo-doo says so that’s a plus
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I see boys I like & talk to them … I think that’s called noblesse oblige
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Promiscuous like airlines selling the same seat twice
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Do u mean to say that not everything revolves around Eastern Time ???
Anyway I have lush carnal thoughts & u look etiolated
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Blond hustler, once an irreplaceable hunk, ends up marrying a womyn & moving to Asbury Park
The horrible white man in my workshop writes terrible haiku
I will not be betrayed by my lack of astonishment
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Sometimes I think I’m sad but I’m really just too tired to bone
Even if I were to kiss a ring, it wouldn’t be urs
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A lot of ppl are these days v suspicious of others … they go RED FLAG !!! over nothing
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One of the ways u can get over someone is like … are they really that special … on the other hand, there are ppl u never really “get over” & maybe that’s fine & getting-over is an overrated enterprise
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Getting-over vs living-alongside
Like a little demon u house-train
Every family has a genius
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- 同花顺 ROYAL FLUSH - September 12, 2023