some way toward realizing

some way toward realizing
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poem of eighteen lines

by nick nelson

my mom was a nice person she had a big head about as big as you’d find on a person her size but it didn’t make her a bad person my dad smoked a pipe all the time if he smoked liked that today he’d probably be taken out and shot but back then it was different people accepted him for what he was my sister nellie was a very ordinary person nobody saw anything remarkable about her at all not me, or anybody else but she finally got a husband anyway my brother joe was always talking about running away it was just about all he talked about but he ended up getting a job in town like everybody else and he never went anywhere as for me, there isn’t a whole lot to say so i’ll just leave it at that

your finger’s been put in a live socket

your finger’s been put in a live socket
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Fist Thigh D

try to just avoid it entirely

try to just avoid it entirely
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we’re told to say it’s restorative

 

we’re told to say it’s restorative
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then not feeling so back

then not feeling so back
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less time or being subjected to loitering

less time or being subjected to loitering
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evidence of a recent past

evidence of a recent past
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friends you never even knew existed

friends you never even knew existed
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designed according to a new set of regulations

designed according to a new set of regulations
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it isn’t limited to the usual mind-numbing mumbling

it isn’t limited to the usual mind-numbing mumbling
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superior for the task of exile

superior for the task of exile
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limited options and primitive communication

limited options and primitive communication
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