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Reaching back through time to the younger self. 17 poems live in this room.

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Artwork for "But you still needed", drawn from the lines: I'm sorry I never spoke to you on the steps.; I saw you pass by every day.
Essential

No. 54

But you still needed

I'm sorry I never spoke to you on the steps. I saw you pass by every day. Sometimes you floated right past me

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Artwork for "I want to see you after you practice for", drawn from the lines: I want to see you after you practice for; months
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No. 63

I want to see you after you practice for

I want to see you after you practice for months Then choke on the big stage.

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Artwork for "The journey begins", drawn from the lines: Imagine I was right there with you; When you looked up to your bedroom

No. 1

The journey begins

Imagine I was right there with you When you looked up to your bedroom ceiling

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Artwork for "Come back to you", drawn from the lines: One day you'll stand on the ledge of a rooftop; Your hometown and the river will spin

No. 2

Come back to you

One day you'll stand on the ledge of a rooftop Your hometown and the river will spin Around beneath you

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Artwork for "You can", drawn from the lines: One day you'll meet a person; Who, for no reason at all, doesn't like you

No. 3

You can

One day you'll meet a person Who, for no reason at all, doesn't like you On sight.

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Artwork for "You will achieve", drawn from the lines: One beautiful early fall day; You will walk across campus

No. 8

You will achieve

One beautiful early fall day You will walk across campus On your way

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Artwork for "Bring your past selves to their feet", drawn from the lines: Treasure the time you have on stage,; For you may not always sing so sweet.

No. 17

Bring your past selves to their feet

Treasure the time you have on stage, For you may not always sing so sweet. Jump as high as you possibly can—

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Artwork for "How will you begin?", drawn from the lines: Nights, years—nights, years—; Alone in your bedroom,

No. 18

How will you begin?

Nights, years—nights, years— Alone in your bedroom, The voices in your head echo off the walls,

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Artwork for "What can you do now to prepare?", drawn from the lines: The real test will come; When you haven't studied,

No. 27

What can you do now to prepare?

The real test will come When you haven't studied, When you're standing naked in the snow,

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Artwork for "Let's walk together", drawn from the lines: You don't yet know me, but I know; exactly who you are.

No. 28

Let's walk together

You don't yet know me, but I know exactly who you are. I've made every mistake you've made

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Artwork for "Hold close the messenger", drawn from the lines: One day, you'll discover a way to; do things—

No. 29

Hold close the messenger

One day, you'll discover a way to do things— a logical structure to your

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Artwork for "What did the man in the black cowboy hat say?", drawn from the lines: The truth of certain words; will reverberate

No. 30

What did the man in the black cowboy hat say?

The truth of certain words will reverberate in your mind long

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Artwork for "A calculated leap across the darkness", drawn from the lines: Remember the vision; that came to you

No. 40

A calculated leap across the darkness

Remember the vision that came to you in the light,

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Artwork for "The life that you escaped", drawn from the lines: A thousand fun-house mirrors arrayed; Around you, reflecting the fragmented

No. 45

The life that you escaped

A thousand fun-house mirrors arrayed Around you, reflecting the fragmented Selves you wished you were,

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Artwork for "Let the wind die down", drawn from the lines: What you didn't have—; A cycloned prophecy in your mind.

No. 81

Let the wind die down

What you didn't have— A cycloned prophecy in your mind. Yet it was still you who stole

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Artwork for "The shadow of a dark cloud you felt", drawn from the lines: The shadow of a dark cloud you felt; hovering over you,

No. 99

The shadow of a dark cloud you felt

The shadow of a dark cloud you felt hovering over you, an illogical premonition of inevitability,

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Artwork for "Disrupt the continuum", drawn from the lines: There may be days; you need

No. 103

Disrupt the continuum

There may be days you need to disrupt the continuum—

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