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dear richard,

there was a fire in my house that i could not put out 
so now i am living in your house instead 
and i am watering your plants 
and i am feeding your 
two dogs 
and i am feeding your 
one cat 
and i am teaching your son to ride his bike 
and i am fucking your wife

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◄ on symbiosis and a concerning dream

i am a cloud and when i cry it rains ►

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elPintor

Wed 22nd Mar 2017 22:05

a great and wicked sense of humor..very much required for getting through this life with anything other than bitterness..

elP

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suki spangles

Tue 21st Mar 2017 23:18

Yeah, but you watered the plants Stu. No one's perfect!

Suki

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Stu Buck

Tue 21st Mar 2017 19:44

cheers ray. i spent ages (well, an hour which is a lifetime for me) writing something for world poetry day, then jotted this underneath. after eating a sandwich, i discovered i liked this far more and decided to erase the other from existence.

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raypool

Tue 21st Mar 2017 19:39

A distillation of social unease and dystopia, and a sense of shifting alliances. Big trouble ahead for you Stu!

Glad to see you coming on again.

Ray

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