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  PARALYTIC undersides of
                                  remote surround eyed seriously moving
unverifiably poultry thought fame stains drape
                                                                gills which I do not
                                                                in such dumb-shows
tremble dismissively desperate poignancy congeals
moléd birth certificate teeth;
    caution to spleen stare bull
flowers fierce in deferral, intrusive
                                  redblocked sweethearts of fear
                                  say relax equally due dame:
    stagefright
                                  upholstery vaunt vain incubus counterfeit
                                  wardrobes a slash & reduce annoy
jagged cuticles tampered hair follicles on holiday –
lard means willing cells unequal interior pays for lack
                                  flow gives ache the haze excuse
inertially correct.
    I wanted you – listed? – dorsal trial
                                  witness controlled the fists
                                  hose hose prolong the foray claptrap
refused the implicit girdle saints discourage circumstance
behind led & what sensation caved in? – if you ever
stopped smiling long enough to have a thought! –
vitriolic stunning prey
                                                                squinting coquetry
face paint with calories seize little cunning advantages
                                  it’s not black to be pastel
                                  beribboned option, sentient trials dink
trick lulling learns distincture.
    Auto spell
machinery by the pint embassied a disclaim linoleumed onus
disappears in padding, disastrous teeth comfort
                                  dormers, tentative
an obsessed superficiality deprivation no especially she
                                                                herself can not know
ugly with a hint of the absurd – I am all alone,
and dare not open my mind to any;
vows paint
a target peekaboo Pavlovian stimuli melancholic
glide priested stick proper as numb amnesiacal zodiac
mirage levitate
tendons qualify home;
    and she said, first I look at the purse, I mean choke
                                  the structure shun bloom
                                  I see paint your pumps
                                                                shake their valium heads
felt moderation accelerate exact luxurious passivity
sift flesh abusive sphincteral barnstorming
                                  the real sphincteral dowager breathes.
    Your argument: tips so poise
if good violences merit my scheme clot into stupor apprehensive
                                  comradery confusion doubles blame
                                  baked into the very idly secure
                                  prices go
in for the kill – sit next to fatally driven on objects –
                                                                deceiving is pasteurizing
                                  abrasive caution cross-fingered
                                  cleansing knocks like him
handsome arraignment parallel conceals to congeal
blemish expatriated measure?
    Facts audience may need: get unhappy! –
                                  disadvantageous voluptuary petulance
malevolence
                                                                avidity
                                  injury
                                  optic
                                  costume dispensation doubt
fondled into jingle aside from cosmetic unfurnished protocol
sentence worshipper – a silken domino, garrulous
fuse, the great Kotex assigned distraction
                                  has conquered half of the Americas
godiva guys’
brain-wrinkled manipulativeness frill-a-thon; turn
                                  dunce of
                                                                jewels slides
                                  to crimp
smear & swallow
fluid stunt
trite mated fashion
has me biased.
    Great swacking eyelashes such collapse
                                  mascara load could be rewarded
skin’s in tow – circumstances –
feats opportunity plea error captures affect – got any?:
work garners milieu for disguise sizing anxious
custom If This Will You Wish What boning up
                                  Rapunzel as jeopardy fungi
                                  collectors-lips & gimmicks patience
curries over the deeds, lullism meat street, danger
desires
                                  desperation scruples submit
                                  treat simplicity less clean.
    India ink oar on hair, world splays open
braces accelerate
blissed mirage failing it goes for its leg
pinkish for me; rehabilitate the verbs hatch it for the gap
                                  slapping the gaffe toy pet
                                                                pinwheels filigree
I say, not marry as a panoramic recollecting
                                  secrecies in neon, gussied down
low-flying imposter,
    boyfriend guessed damage whacking distaff
quicksand elongated
                                  scan scared flatness wise
                                  and wild
                                  incomplete hurt us pride postponed
                                  laminate who fled memory inappropriately
come-hither – if you want to be a lumberjack, you have to handle
your end of the log;
    la dolce vita – holding the sausage to its surroundings! –
                                  nonchalant mistrust singular
                                                                wooed empowderment
                                  hiss without whoof! – don’t mystify
what mystifies
weight brought to flame
features to lease
face not free.