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Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a crazy world to see...
Andy Williams
Romantic love, longing, desire, the electric charge between two people. 18 poems live in this room.
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No. 98
One day, on a corner, waiting for the light to change,
One day, on a corner, waiting for the light to change, on a walk back home— she'll look quickly back up at you,
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No. 114
She wrote
She wrote a 10-page short story where you knew she saw you.
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No. 13
Remember the feeling
You look down At your wedding shoes, from so long ago, Those deep blue
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No. 16
The painting of paradise
Yesterday, through my translucent looking glass I watched, from the deepest recesses of my desire A girl, who in a Brooklyn bath
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No. 20
Fill the shape
One day, you'll watch a friend receive The help you never knew to ask for. Please, don't let that fissure
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No. 33
Coruscate off her skin
One day you'll echo the never-ending Structures you built as a child In a meticulously conceived sanctuary,
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No. 34
That syncopated rhythm
Listen closely to The hole within yourself, So shapeless and so vast,
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No. 38
What happens next
The flame begins to burn In the palace of imagination, surrounded by Thousands of books, millions of words,
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No. 49
The domino cascade
How can you enhance the vision of their goodness As clearly as
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No. 67
She appeared like a sparkling shimmer
She appeared like a sparkling shimmer From the glow of the purple crystal chandelier,
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No. 71
How special it is when you find the
How special it is when you find the unexpected vessel that awakens the dormant passion
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No. 74
You touched the cloud
Butterflies and secret sparks in long glittering hallways Butter cake and a
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No. 75
Or did you stay on the floor?
She disappeared down the hallway, And you watched her close the door. You walked back into your apartment
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No. 97
The argument against war
To dance beneath the moonlight with ghosts across the still lake and take your place among them—
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No. 102
Off the Avenue
Oh, how I wished I could have been driving Straight to you, on the long highway On those lonely, dark nights
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No. 104
The high-pitched call
The high-pitched call that escaped your chapped lips into the nighttime winter wind,
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No. 110
Bougainvillea
I watched her hair catch fire On the promontory. My heart burns in the twin chestnut flames
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No. 117
Hold fast the ether
We met across the oval, where words spun and whirled in the air like music.
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