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Invention
This is is is the the the the platinum The There is is is in the the from the the the I’ve made the the the I I I I I will will will invent invent a a a a a a a a a word word eraser
one one that that that erases words I I I I I I wish I I I I I I hadn’t said I I I I will will will invent invent wings
small ones I I I I I I can attach to to my feet They will will will will only only take take me me me me to to the the the people that that that love love me me me me that that feed me me When I I I I take take them off
they will will act like well-trained pigeons
and bring me me me me only only love letters
not not the the the the the hieroglyphics of of someone making war
war
not not the the the the the silences I I I try to to decode
loving the the the the the puzzle
thinking I I I I can can can stop all wars
or or at least this little one between a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a man and and and himself I I I I will invent the the the the kiss kiss rememberer
something I I I I I I can can can store in in in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a can can can like expensive coffee and and and and break the the the the seal and and and and be be be kissed again
right when when when I I I I I need it when when when when the the the the the the boss boss turns ugly
or or or when when when when I I I I I I am the the the the the boss boss and and and I I I I I I turn turn ugly
ugly
I I I I I I will save smiles in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a a photo album like no no no other Give me the the the the the the smile smile of my son
when when when I I I I I was the the the the the the the world world to to him him not this sullen face
for now now I I I I I am the the the the one who keeps the the the the the the the world world from him him Let me me me me me me roll back in in time time the the the the the the movie of my my life I I I I know I I I I could play that that scene better Give me me me me me me me an invention
that that gathers all the the the the wise ones to to to my my table Sometimes I I I need someone to to tell me me me me me what to to do books for August In the the the country no whose body the the You can come nothing but the the sit the the the goldenrod the the the me sitting the the Jan has come to the the around the the dead animal to There are are in town to or stare at “Don’t bring in it someplace I told Jan and a a a a She helped me colors Three a a in candlelight