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Free verse № 120125

Never...

Member since 2002 · Posted 14 Feb 2005 · 4 comments

sit with the door to your back stay more than an hour anywhere pay for water or ice believe anyone who doubts your trust put more toppings on a pizza than it can handle use the phone when drunk joke about your body's smell think you know what a cat is saying ignore large traffic signs inhale the expired dairy get serious on pills kiss chapped lips wait too long without gloves wear a second-hand hat unwashed assume everyone loves cornmeal mush tell anyone the truth unless you can run really fast recount a joke punchline first admit you get starstruck choose the discounted pregnancy test pretend you can dance if you can’t but always always dance if you can sit wherever you like lean on the strong things that marrow they will always always hold you up

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[8] wilco 14-Feb-05/7:35 PM Reply
Nice little list of things to never do. I wrote a similar one a while back called "32 Truths and 1 Lie". Some good advice here, but what if you HAVE to stay in one place longer than one hour? Sorry, just giving a hard time. Not too bad.
[10] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 15-Feb-05/2:25 AM Reply
"lean on the strong things
that marrow"

What the hell does that mean :( -10-
[8] Dovina 15-Feb-05/3:53 PM Reply
A lot of these lines are just silly, but "Never believe anyone who doubts your trust" makes sense.
[n/a] jessicazee › Dovina 19-Feb-05/1:05 AM Reply
thanks for the comments...probably silly because I wrote it on my birthday after I sprained my ankle, which I don't really remember..I need to edit...