The words<\/p>\n
in<\/p>\n
front of me<\/p>\n
won’t stay<\/p>\n
still,<\/p>\n
they race<\/p>\n
with<\/p>\n
each other<\/p>\n
and seem<\/p>\n
drunk<\/p>\n
on their<\/p>\n
own<\/p>\n
cleverness<\/p>\n
at<\/p>\n
telling<\/p>\n
a<\/p>\n
good<\/p>\n
story.<\/p>\n
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Cheeky buggers!<\/p>\n
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Words<\/p>\n
like<\/p>\n
pirate,<\/p>\n
vampire<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
time,<\/p>\n
all things<\/p>\n
that are<\/p>\n
pretty<\/p>\n
outlandish<\/p>\n
march<\/p>\n
across<\/p>\n
the page<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
all of a<\/p>\n
sudden<\/p>\n
I see<\/p>\n
a ship’s plank,<\/p>\n
razor teeth<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
chiming clocks<\/p>\n
with my<\/p>\n
brain’s<\/p>\n
eyes.<\/p>\n
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Words<\/p>\n
like<\/p>\n
poverty,<\/p>\n
loss<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
love<\/p>\n
make my<\/p>\n
heart<\/p>\n
hiccup<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
something<\/p>\n
in me<\/p>\n
changes<\/p>\n
and I can’t<\/p>\n
go back<\/p>\n
to who<\/p>\n
I<\/p>\n
used<\/p>\n
to<\/p>\n
be.<\/p>\n
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All of<\/p>\n
this<\/p>\n
because<\/p>\n
of<\/p>\n
words.<\/p>\n
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