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The Particular Confusion of Coffee MAG

June 29, 2012
By perpetuallydancing GOLD, Prairie Village, Kansas
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&quot;If you don&#039;t have any shadows, you&#039;re not standing in the light.&quot;<br /> - Lady Gaga

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when you ground
my coffee this
morning you were
crying
and now I can
taste the movement
in the wisps of quiet
hair around your face and though
you sprinkled
your good intentions
in the beans
all I can think about is
the sinewed memories
that clog your brain.

© Quentin F., Fuita, CO

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