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ani difranco ... but i dont 030601
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Flowers from Safeway i could fall in love with Jersey at sunset, but I leave the view to the rats and tiptoe back. 030601
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sixteen the river has more colors at sunset
than my sock drawer ever dreamed of.
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Flowers from Safeway Life in the circus ain't easy
But the folks on the outside don't know
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silentbob i could jump off the edge of this pier but i got shit to do and an appointment on tuesday to shed uninvited tissue i miss you i say to the water, to the son or daughter i thought better of 030612
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endless desire and no one would listen
and no one would hear me
i would just a be a voice
tossed by the dust in the wind
blown by the business of this room
forgotten like the boxes of need that line my walls.
i've always had a nice view of your back
of your frozen shoulder
and your harsh word.
i've always known the fake kiss.
the sudden change of events to keep me holding on.
i never understood how i got lost in this house
the doors are quickly numbered
but i seem to be falling through the cracks.
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girl_jane Oh Ani...I wish I could take the words out of your mouth and make them mine...sometimes they'd fit so well 030629
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ani It's a shame to see the poem all broken up like that, so:

Tiptoe
by Ani Difranco

tiptoeing through the used condoms strewn on the piers off the west side highway sunset behind the skyline of jersey walking towards the water
with a fetus holding court
in my gut
my body highjacked my tits swollen
and sore the river has more colors at sunset than my sock drawer ever dreamed of I could wake up screaming sometimes but
...I don't I could step off the end of this pier but I've got shit to do and an appointment on tuesday to shed uninvited blood and tissue I'll miss you I say to the water to the son or daughter I thought better of
I could fall in love with jersey at sunset but I leave the view to the rats
and tiptoe
back
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