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The Births of Aphrodite and Athena
The one swirled out of foam, the other mind; The one disturbs the fish, like bright, lost jacks Around flung testicles; the other takes A scholarly approach, as is...
Juliet on Facebook
I saw his Facebook picture, met for chat, And then the two of us said that was that : Except the world can always change online. (I knew that...
Stringed Instrument
Don’t spend time stringing and tuning your instrument. Start making music now! Lucky Numbers 33, 2, 37, 48, 1, 26 n So what if your strings break. How many...
On The Birds
Is love like this? A trap, a whirring thing That hunts you down by beak, and flock, and wing, And makes you turn, with mesmerizing stare, To see it...