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PORTAL FOR
NERVOUSNESS
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POETRY:
I AM A PONY AND MY BLEEDING ANKLES ARE THE MIDDLE EAST
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by Matt Shaw
| A pony, I am |
| Running, I am |
| Field of grass and green |
| Gallop, prance, neigh, whinny |
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Fun
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| A pony, I am |
| The weeds, whipping, slapping, |
| My ankles, |
| Running, I am |
| My ankles, bleeding, |
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Profusely |
| Profusely |
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Profusely
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| Bleeding, profusely |
| My owner, a woman, concerned |
| A woman, like all women, |
| Under appreciated, under paid, |
| Bandaging my ankles with soft, white, protective tape |
| She hums to herself a song about Love |
| to a man, |
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a Jew, killed in the war
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| My ankles bleeding |
| Moving, my legs are |
| The sky, the birds |
| They chirping, me neighing, |
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Nature smiling
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| My ankles, they bleed, |
| Barak and Arafat, are they jockeys |
| Friendless, flighty butterflies |
| They are purple, those butterflies, those bloody little creatures! |
| Profusely |
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Profusely
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| A pony, I am |
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