to the degree that it is like two hands drumming on mahogany of
delight
L
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Subject:Re: snap: time for tea
Is the sound of emptiness crumpling anything like one-handed
applause, Lawrence?
Bill
On 03/01/2013, at 12:29 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
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> push scraps further
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> with mute apology
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> to reach quiet
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> a maunder of pallid utterance
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> desiring euphoria
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> or servicing catastrophe
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> spectral gargoyles
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> distorting and swallowing
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> gripping entrancement
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> preparing a strong face
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> for giddiness breaking
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> closeness and monotony
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> obscuration by wraiths
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> a mahogany of delight
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> we are experiencing
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> he said but not aloud
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> emptiness crumpled in his hands
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