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		catching up on restmidnight oil gets expensive--
 a good sleep is cheap
 
 A fly found the time
 to drown in my midnight oil,
 a mummified pest.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		A fly found the timeto drown in my midnight oil,
 a mummified pest.
 
 
 Cleopatra cried
 swarmed by mummified fruit flies
 unbiblical pests
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		Cleopatra criedswarmed by mummified fruit flies
 unbiblical pests
 
 That pest named Jesus
 made kings and flies obsolete
 turned death inside out.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		That pest named Jesusmade kings and flies obsolete
 turned death inside out
 
 some rudely exclaim
 that the truth is theirs to claim
 falsely placing blame
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		some rudely exclaimthat the truth is theirs to claim
 falsely placing blame
 
 The test was true or
 false, but only maybe felt
 at home in his gut.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		The test was true orfalse, but only maybe felt
 at home in his gut.
 
 A test! Feel the angst
 deep in your gut, home of truth,
 it churns when you lie.
 
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara 
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		A test! Feel the angstdeep in your gut, home of truth,
 it churns when you lie.
 
 Stuck here in a rut,
 with no either, and, or but-
 if not now, then what?
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		Stuck here in a rut,with no either, and, or but-
 if not now, then what?
 
 I miss the fruit flies
 And Cleopatra’s sweet lips
 that wait for no man.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		I miss the fruit fliesAnd Cleopatra’s sweet lips
 that wait for no man.
 
 
 The plum of her mouth
 seduced many, but beware
 the asp on her wrist.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		The plum of her mouthseduced many, but beware
 the asp on her wrist.
 
 Plum juice drips, wrist snaps,
 just the price of another day
 eating telegrams.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		plum juice drips, wrist snapsjust the price of another day
 eating telegrams
 
 the wire’s too heavy
 stop. it’s gonna fall down. stop
 don’t send the fat words
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		the wire’s too heavystop. it’s gonna fall down. stop
 don’t send the fat words
 
 
 fat words on thin wires
 tightrope walker never falls--
 but wobbles for gasps
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		fat words on thin wirestightrope walker never falls--
 but wobbles for gasps
 
 mannikin wobbles
 his wires are loose, his tongue out
 mocking his master
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		mannikin wobbleshis wires are loose, his tongue out
 mocking his master
 
 
 loosed dummies spit truths
 their masters' bit-tongues cannot--
 thrown voices echo
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		loosed dummies spit truthstheir masters' bit-tongues cannot--
 thrown voices echo
 
 
 
 the mimic wants fame,
 his helpless tongue wants the truth--
 only one can win
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		the mimic wants fame,his helpless tongue wants the truth--
 only one can win
 
 
 a mime on the strip
 his hopeless tongue long swallowed--
 coins in his beret
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		a mime on the striphis hopeless tongue long swallowed--
 coins in his beret
 
 he strips for small coins
 (swallowing his pride and hope)
 paper from old walls
 
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara 
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		he strips for small coins(swallowing his pride and hope)
 paper from old walls
 
 
 swallowing the coins
 he gathers his ragged garb
 walks away naked
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		swallowing the coinshe gathers his ragged garb
 walks away naked
 
 how much he swallowed
 he doesn't know but hopes to
 shit a small fortune
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		how much he swallowedhe doesn't know but hopes to
 shit a small fortune
 
 how small a fortune
 does it take to grind you down?
 who says size matters?
 
		
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