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skinny dipping
One

when the
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(crawling
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handle-barred
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reindeer-of-a)
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roach
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made its long and winding way
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from Canada
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to this moment,
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i wonder if he knew my basement is
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a-sort-of-a
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time machine
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in which you and i will always be a
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(me drunk and without clothes)
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and a you (most usually too sweet to be as wrong as) me
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who drunkenly campaigning for
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a kiss goodnight
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which we would both drowned dearly in
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presses wet skin against your chest
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and with a "yellow"
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is sent tumbling backwards
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through chlorine and memories
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16 Jun 08


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