► JOY HAPPENS

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what lies beyond desire,

and is to chase not

desire itself?

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does the ocean know when to breach and where is that knowledge in me?

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there’s drops on the ground

but i can’t feel any rain

why’s my hair wet?

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i didn’t know i was broken

till i needed a change

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there’s nothing like new problems to spice up chronic pain

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what if i tell you about how little you meant to me

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i don’t think it’s too much to say i place the sun in your hands every day after next and then again and if you look up, a hand to shade your eyes, you’ll see it

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And suddenly, I am over taken with a kind of sadness In knowing that the edges of the cloud above my head So exact in my mind at this moment Will be nothing but a blur in attempt to remember The feeling this place brought about in my heart 

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Shush,

Shush,

My chest is already heavy

Of rainy Wednesday’s and much too hot coffee

So hush, little heart of mine

And save it for another day

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Sometimes smiling is the

Best way to keep

Tears from falling but

Really, it’s the

Curl of her lips and the

Crows feet pressed

Into their lids and the

Feeling he just can’t seem to

Grasp

That makes it so

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I leave behind Half-empty bottles And unbroken-in Shoes

And I wonder Who will fill them? If someone can fill them At all

And I make the trip To new flats with Odd sounds and Nice smells And once again I’m accompanied by Half-empty bottles and Broken-in Shoes 

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who'd ask for company in facing August rain and wind but certainly now i can't be aside you

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can’t you see the footprints in the snow they follow wherever you go and trailing behind with foggy breath weak knees and wet cheeks 

it’s me with daisies in hand, it’s me 

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お鉢が回ってくる 今日、弊方 だれの明日は まだ知らない

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My name is someone else and one day it was raining. the windows were open because there are holes in the screen and the drops of water collected at the bottom of my chin. When the first drop fell and broke against the back of my hand I realized the carpet would get too wet again. She will be mad, I thought and so I get up to close it. But before the lock shuts I'm struck by the dark sky and the leaves beating against the window pane. It's powerful and here August is back once again.

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where are you where are you where are you where are you