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Random Poem:

the day of the Rest of my life
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stout with a pudding belly, i remember it when he fell;
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collapsed, against my breasts -
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the offender still     inside      of     me.
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pulsating its last           audible     breath.
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and a proud, conquered look he shot my way
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and it said "They'd not believe      a  single       word    you'd    have to        say."
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a stance    which      fills some days. sundays. sunday hot summer days.
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no clouds for the sun to peep behind; it shines. it burns. it scolds skin and blisters all the littler ones.
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and when we ask?       "that's just the way it is"
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and i remember when he clasped my hand round a single     crowned   coin.
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but it's the dry crinkle of his salty lips and onion breath
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that i'll take          to my grave.
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and now we share something special. because that grainy chin,
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the chip on his nose and pock below his brow         are the background, a second sky
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behind       my every        look and growl.
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ing into my ear, he said those words i now know too well
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"This is just my tiara present. a crown    for my queen. because i'll serve you
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every    night.  every    single  
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fucking        cry. till you bury your dirty cunt with your immodest hands.
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because   You     are my Queen   . and this is the Day of the rest of your life."
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