Bicycles of Bombay

Upside down, a turtle's back
that's where I'd like to be;
run my hands along the grooves,
that's where I'd like to be.
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A look. That's all it would ever take, one single, tiny, pause of the eyes and that's all it would take. And god, aren't we all weak?  And god, aren't we all weak?
Because with one single look, that's all it would take.
I hate that.
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consume me out from the inside,
I'd do anything you want.
let the gnomes break down my
sturdy picket fences,
pulling tulips along the way.
white-gold ships will float
and those violin strings can break-
please consume me, inside out
I'd do anything, to turn my skin
wrong side out. know me,
you can't,
but I'd do anything you want.
on the horizon, your mirage
will be tangled, mountain Rainer
jet-like and upended.
I'd do anything you want.
and broken violin strings will whisper:
It was all a dream.
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October break really was a dream, a never-ending haze of fall colors and Gabe, Ridge and Sarah and Zoe.  A never-ending haze of ease, of chardonnay and endless Vermont sunsets.  It was a haze of appreciation for being home-- of the impermanence of what this new life is.  October was a haze of remembrances, dropping Sophie off at school, and showing Sarah and Zoe around, remembering chilly mornings and Witches Hat, locker rooms and coffee runs. Of lake st. catherine and slate quarries and the breathtaking beauty of it all. October break was a haze blurred with Mary and Kara and Sammi, Mummy and Rob.  I loved it, I loved it.
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Upside down, a turtle's back
that's where I'd like to be;
run my hands along the grooves,
that's where I'd like to be.
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"Once you get the feeling it
Wants you back for more
Says it's gonna heal it but
You won't make the call
One step back you're leaving it
Now it's moving on
Why won't you believe in it
'Till it's gone?"

"You are living, a reality
I left years ago, it quite nearly killed me/"