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    How Would it Work

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    How would it work, exactly? Me meeting you again. Would we swim to an island? Pick one, far from me and close to you. I’ll leave now.

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    Tractor

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    Let’s get married on a tractor. Just me and you and the tractor. The old-school kind, rusted and red

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    heart-broke selfie

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    heart-broke selfie I point the camera lucinda --November 2, 2019

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    Outlawed

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    Legally, you can love someone until the day it’s outlawed and even then, if you’ve got a good attorney, you can love them on appeal.

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    Blue Vase

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    I got a good deal on a blue vase and then I filled it with the things I had. A beat-up dime, a bluebonnet,

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    Discovery

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    The defendant, the operative, 55, balding and stooped descends the courthouse steps. He can plead anything he wants, he’s got the right

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    1-Star Witness

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    The ice-machine down the hall keeps telling you things are breaking up. This place has the most interesting ceilings,

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    I see what you did there

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    I see what you did there night-blooming cereus --October 23, 2019

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    holding my mood

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    holding my mood together-- climbing ivy --October 23, 2019

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    last sting–

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    last sting-- one buzzing bee left still bothering lily --October 21, 2019

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    Divided Forces

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    There’s the part of you at peace, the part of you moved on to the next battle,

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    religious work–

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    religious work-- she runs her hands through your trouble --October 19, 2019

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    And You Just Go

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    And, you just go along with her while she goes along reminding you of the people she reminds you of. --October 13, 2019

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    If 3 Was Better Than 2

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    Yeah, 9 sucks and 5 sucks in pretty much the same way. There’s no progression here. There’s no movement,

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    I Need to See You with Violins

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    and things going off in the air. Painted that way. The way Chagall elaborated on them. And those very same things,

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    Colleen’s Depression

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    I went to see-‘em and got a quote. That’s how depression works nowadays. You feel bad, you go see a guy, you get a quote.

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    Witness

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    Early, she seen it, she seen what happened, my dog. She been there for it all. She had it out with the mortgage company, the ex-wife, the fiancée,

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    Good Faith

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    Everyone’s dealing with everyone in good faith, right? I mean that’s all we got. Good fucking faith. --September 24, 2019

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    True Story from About 3:15

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    Me and Stefan are hanging out in the park minding what’s left of our own business, when a bald eagle swoops down over the river. We think he’s

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    appeal–

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    appeal-- all this charming money --September 18, 2019

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