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Princess, you have mommy's eyes.

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Published: Feb 20, 2014

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You graph the effect,

cause has been attributed to

every fiber of the carpet. The gray outnumber

which nights you came home sober,

the doors were locked twice,

you checked the porch

for burglars.

I catch myself counting

all the birds on the telephone wire and I

drift onto the curb, the bearings rattle and I brake

at the tail lights, the cost is a drain,

I unclogged the sink with

hot water.

The body was never yours.

Your religion is semiotics and I

am always right

alternate title: like father, like daughter

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