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Less Imperfect
03:00
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every little detail ain't quite right
just spoon and kiss your wife goodnight tonight
just drink one toast then switch to Perrier
instead of puking and slobbery screams and waking up to shame
signal seven seconds before you merge
letting others in on our intentions mostly doesn't hurt
a good man uses wrong adjective
crucify him, crucify him
is good deed with bad word really worse
than bloody-fisted angels and the reverse?
a secret shoulder-shrug a covert rolled-eye
can caulk a crack more tightly than insults bathed in light
words aren't powerless but they don't break a nose like a fist
contrive catastrophe out of a quip nobody benefits
burning books punching nazis
these ideologies are getting mixed
cheap new sidewalks are malnourished and cracked
but ancient poured concrete formed a stalwart slab
small blemishes on beauty don’t seem bad
have less doesn't mean Have-Nots don't have
well there are roaches in this mansion but no termites crawl
sometimes death gets scary late at night
one man's desperate fears do not a truth make
ugly reason beats shoehorned rhymes
words as end-results and not as means in a process
allies split troops instead of merging strength
intentions are nefarious, calculated
benefit of the doubt is running out
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Up There Looking Down
02:13
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sick of seeing you elevated
you’re just human skin
with sick and healthy moments
just like everyone you pulled some wool on
doesn’t it get old to paste your mask on every day?
and knowing while you smile
that your makeup is opaque?
what have you done
that I can’t see
in your mystery?
carried in somebody’s heart
like dark wet misery
you’re adorable in the morning
all dolled up at the doctor’s office
pretty when you’re pissed off
and tired and ugly and old news
you didn’t climb up to your place
your puzzle piece fits in
good, and neutral, maddening
lock hands to form what is
wait ’til you catch hints you don’t control your destiny
worldview is a femur bone
and every house will die and burn down
everyone is bland and useless
aggregate net good
check a thing that made itself
and search to find what never rots off
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