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An Obviously Serious Poem

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A Sonnet

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A Sonnet

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A Sonnet

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A Collection of Poems

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A Poem

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A manifesto in verse.

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When you randomly think of someone from a distant chapter of your life.

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A Sonnet

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Don’t trust Facebook apps to tell you what your name means.

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