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does this make me home do I have to be like I’m home and run the broom and watch the home of my life turn off all the lights, turn off all the lights, turn off all the lights while I’m still there watching home go dark feeling fucked night after night unsleeping just thinking this is fucked my home has no shoulders and no hair my home is a sentinel loft to watch the fix-it people come shuffle our

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Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss and Occasional Wars

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The Crack-Up

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