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On one of those old black-and-whites
with Orson "Spendthrift" Welles on board,
and many memos lying ignored,
the studio's money men took fright...
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Whenever, now, I think of her,
I see a blonde, but blank-faced, blur.
Though Time can heal most kinds of pain,
detergent won't budge every stain..
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I crossed from Boston Common to the pub
on Beacon Street. A barstool, banter, beers
awaited me, for I was bound for "Cheers",
the suds-and-sucke..
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"Two kinds of people in this world, my
friend,"
as that great thinker, Tuco, used to say:
the road to Wigan Pier has reached its end?
We're sta..
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The warm, dark wood of the high-backed stalls
enclosed us like a womb,
and, nose to nose, we talked with our eyes,
oblivious of the room.
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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun.
Her skin's mahogany, not noble white.
She slaps on paints and fillers by the ton,
and has the dress ..
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Love is a kind of madness and, as such,
can sometimes hoist its victims to strange heights.
Though love may cause a fever where it bites,
this t..
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I can see clearly
now the rain has gone.
I read the news today, oh boy.
Psycho killer -- qu'est-ce que c'est?
Nice surprise.
They've given me his..
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My life's been fine without you -- really has.
A Belgian bar has opened in the square,
and weekends, we do beer and tapas there,
then Malcolm an..
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after Paul ClaudelThe river, not caring to hurry,
reaches the floor of the wide valley
without a worry in the world.
More of a stream, really:
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