De File - In The Lusty Month of May

10:58 pm May 4th, 2008




			De File - In The Lusty Month of May Does Collecting Make You Feel Dirty?

cbertsch


	In The Lusty Month of May
	No longer in a relationship with the meaning of is, baby. Tragedy is always a bait and switch. Updated, anticipated. My profile hides my lazy I while yours mixes metaphors under London Bridge. Which? Boys are dying for the tingle of salt on their tongues. You heard me right. The word wasn't what it was when I circled the windy lake, sand hilling up like a documentary about the Dust Bowl. Face the music, darling, you're an open book when the flame turns your thin milk to bone. Tags: music, poetry Current Location: 85704 Muse: 5-4=Unity - Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins

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	From: elf_owl	Date: May 5th, 2008 06:58 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Beautiful.

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	From: cbertsch	Date: May 5th, 2008 07:05 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Danke sehr!

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	From: quuf	Date: May 5th, 2008 07:22 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

I want that last quatrain tattooed on my forehead.

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	From: cbertsch	Date: May 5th, 2008 07:32 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

!!!

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	From: cbertsch	Date: May 5th, 2008 07:36 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

I mean, I am too pleased with your comment to say anything other than, "!!!"

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	From: quuf	Date: May 5th, 2008 07:43 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

I truly love it—I even love how it feels on my lips and palette as I whisper it—but in the interest of moderation, I'm willing to consider a less conspicuous body part.

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	From: cbertsch	Date: May 5th, 2008 03:38 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Well, that makes me very happy. I like it too, more than I usually like what I've done. I think it's because I let myself be possessed by voices in my head that were not identifiably my own.

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