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Garages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.

Leonard Cohen

We are not mad. We are human. We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.
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Darkness Forgiveness Human Journey Love Mad Ourselves Path
He can love the shape of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart. It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.
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Goodness Heart Himself Love Man
Everything has a crack in it; that’s how the light gets in.
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Light Philosophy
European children starved and watched their parents scheme and die. Here we grew up with toy whips. Early warning against our future leaders, the war babies.
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Children Death Growth Leadership Parents War
A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.
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Control Love Myself
Do not be a magician – be magic!
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Magic Self Love
A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
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Close Herself Power Wonder Young
The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.
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Myself Responsibility Run
Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.
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Business Poetry
I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts.
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Myself
She was made of flesh and eyelashes.
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Herself One Liner
As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
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Eyes Ourselves Wonderful
Garages, barns, and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
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Attachment Old Philosophy
I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie.
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Lie Myself One Liner
Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secret to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
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Children Love Reveal Scars Secret Word
Love is not a victory march it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
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Break Up Deep Love Victory

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