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'36 hudson in the garage,
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all sorts of junk in the unattached spare room,
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dishes in the kitchen sink,
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used straw for the old broom,
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friends who don't have a clue,
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well meaning teachers,
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but down in your arms, in your arms,
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i am a wild creature.

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floor two foot high with newspapers,
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carpet thick with pet hair,
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half eaten gallons of ice cream in the freezer,
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fresh fuel for the sodium flare,
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i write down good reasons to freeze to death
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in my spiral-ring notebook
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but in the long tresses of your hair,
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i am a babbling brook.

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