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“ There's a place your mother goes when everybody else is soundly... ”
“ And after the bombs subside / And this long, low campaign / Calls it good for the... ”
“ Angel, won't you call me? / Could I be the only / though I am a lost cause, / Angel, won't you call... ”
“ I have come a few miles. / I got blisters on my slippered feet / As I rise, as I... ”
“ Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets / Staring over at the neighbor's, knickers... ”
“ Take a long drive with me / On California one, California one / Take a long drive with... ”
“ You slept in your overalls / After the wrecking ball / Bereft you of house and... ”
“ This cocoon, caught in vesuvius' shadow / Only the ashes remain / And I waited there for... ”
“ Cut him up, boy / You've got to cut him up, boy. / He's a wicked disgrace... ”
“ Eli, the barrowboy, you're the old town / Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out all down the... ”
“ Four score years / Living down in this rain swept town / Sea salt... ”
“ Grace Cathedral hill / All wrapped in bones of setting sun / All dust and stone and... ”
“ And here I dreamt I was a soldier / And I marched the streets of birkenau / And I recall in... ”
“ So it started in your ovaries / A stone, a seedling / Our bones entwined / A warning from the... ”
“ Truly, with his thorn in your side / and you don't know why / Julie dips her toe in the... ”
“ I was meant for the stage, / I was meant for the curtain. / I was meant to tread these... ”
“ There is a road that meets the road / That goes to my house / And how the green grows... ”
“ My name is Leslie Anne Levine / My mother birthed me down a dry... ”
“ There is a city by the sea / A gentle company / I don't suppose you want... ”
“ My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist / In pre-war Paris / Smuggling bombs for the... ”
“ You belong to the gang / And you say you can't break away / But I'm here with my hands on my... ”
“ They've come to find you, Odalisque / As the light dies horribly / On a fire escape you... ”
“ There are angels in your angles / There's a low moon caught in your... ”
“ In matching blue raincoats, / Our shoes were our show boats / We kicked... ”
“ This is the story of your red right ankle / And how it came to meet your... ”
“ The Shankill butchers ride tonight / You better shut your windows... ”
“ We set to sail on a packet full of spice, rum and... ”
“ By the bumper cars / In the pretty twining light / I may have gone too... ”
“ Sixteen military wives / Thirty-two softly focused brightly colored eyes / Staring at the natural... ”
“ Myla Goldberg sets a steady hand upon her brow / Myla Goldberg hangs a crooked foot all upside... ”
“ When we arrive / Sons & daughters / We'll make our homes on the water / We'll build our walls... ”
“ Ramblin' where to begin / I taste the summer on your peppery skin / Been saved the warmer the... ”
“ I'm really sorry Steven / But your bicycle's been stolen / I was watching it for... ”
“ There's a wrinkle in the water / where we laid our first... ”
“ On the lam from the law / On the steps of the capitol / You shot a plainclothes cop on the ten... ”
“ I am a chimbley, a chimbley sweep / No bed to lie, no shoes to hold my... ”
“ [1] / It was a cold night / And the snow lay low / I pulled my coat tight / Against the falling... ”
“ And under the boughs unbowed / All clothed in a snowy shroud / She had no heart so... ”
“ I'm an engine driver / On a long run, on a long run / Would I work beside... ”
“ The gymnast, high above the ground, / Limbers up and falls timbers... ”
“ [Come & See] / There's an island hidden in the sound / Lapping currents lay your boat to... ”
“ I'm a legionnaire / Camel in disrepair / Hoping for a frigidaire to come passing by / I am on... ”
“ We are two mariners / Our ship's sole survivors / In this belly of a whale / It's ribs are ceiling... ”
“ Two, three, four! / I got a gun, I got a girl / I got a bullet-proof plan to pull / The perfect... ”
“ Sing Muse with passion of the pistol / Sing Muse of the warning by the... ”
“ Ambling madly all over the town / The call to arms, you're likened to a whisper / I liken to a... ”
“ I fell on the playing field / The work of an errant heel / The din of the crowd and the loud... ”
“ [PART I] / [crone:] here upon this pillow / made of reed and willow / you're a fickle little... ”
“ Here on these cliffs of Dover / So high you can't see over / And while your head is... ”
“ With all the grain of Babylon / To cultivate to make us strong / And hidden here behind the... ”
“ Heart-carved tree trunk, Yankee bayonet / A sweetheart left... ”