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Live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show, live in Chicago 04/14/09
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of this in a live Pilsen feature of poems in her book Contents Under Pressure 09/03/11 at Café Mestizo
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this is my dilemma

should I go to you
this is my dilemma

should I just
not care anymore
should I just
act the part
should I just
not care anymore
should I just
let you fuck me
should I just
not care anymore
should I just
kiss you

who cares
suck me in
take me in
who cares
throw me around
it’s okay
I’ve been thrown
around before

I’m used to this
I’m used to this routine:
back and forth,
and then forgetting

forgetting the feelings
forgetting your name

do it to me,
if you want

go ahead
enjoy
feel free

I’ve felt it before
I’ve lived it before
I’ve known it before
I’ve lived it before

and no emotion is new
to me anymore

so should I
this is my dilemma


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