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A Softer World: 332 Nice guys finish last. / / And they generally warn you / just before they do. / {{and they do not refer to themselves as nice guys}}
A softer World: 333 It turns out that / eating people doesn't / give you their memories / so now we'll never know / where mom hid all the / Christmas presents. / [We've been good but we can't last.]
A Softer World: 334 I really like my friends / and I probably wouldn't / last very long on the lam / but sometimes you're / cutting your food and / laughing and you think, / adventure is just / one mistake away. / [those with 'something to fall back on' invariably fall back on it.]
A Softer World: 335 we can see / the mushroom cloud / and we are going / to die soon, / no matter / what we do / or eat / or say / i wish i had known this / all along / {{I've never been there, but I know the way.}}
A Softer World: 336 the car knocked me out / and I woke up, broken / and laughing, / because what if I had died? / a dead guy can't / really explain / about his lucky tampon. / [Although, I am pretty tired of telling that story.]
 
A Softer World: 337 At first I was angry / you had fallen in love / with someone else / but you seem / so happy now / I didn't even know / you were sad. / [or I didn't want to see.]
A Softer World: 338 hey what are you up to? / I hacked the air traffic control computers on this side of the country to redirect all flights in a pattern so that their trails will spell out my name. / huh. cool. { / Oh my god you are the most perfect woman ever. I don't know if I want to marry you or be you!} / [the sex...
A Softer World: 339 we need more good crazy, / it'd be nice to watch the news, / and think, "that's / fucking insane." / but feel a little jealous / instead of just alone.
A Softer World: 340 satellite images, / maps and blueprints / of the whole world, / of every city / we could go look it up / and know what's there / in someone else's words, / or we could / get wicked drunk / and just go. / [i marked on my map where i had my first kiss]
A Softer World: 341 I am sick of the jokes. / Oh, ha ha. / A cowboy who still / lives with his mom. / But she needs me. / [We can go to the rodeo after I pick up her medicine.]
 
A Softer World: 342 I had all kinds of plans / in case of a zombie attack / I just figured I'd be / on the other side. / [the tasty side]
A Softer World: 343 Two roads diverged / in a wood, and I / I just picked one / because who cares? / we were so drunk / we'd fuck anywhere. / [sorry I could not travel both, and be one traveler]
A Softer World: 344 I have done up a list / of pros and cons / for suicide / and both sides / are equally full / of bullshit. / [won't you believe it it's just my luck]
A Softer World: 345 Border guards get / paid to be assholes. / Just stay calm. / Drug dogs aren't / trained to detect / boxes of shins. / [you are the rose of my heart]
A Softer World: 346 It is okay to care / about privacy even if / you aren't a criminal. / Because maybe / you just aren't / a criminal yet. / [you know what you do is wrong]
 
A Softer World: 347 My sister and I both / hate antique shopping. / But we love / hating things / together.
A Softer World: 348 The first joke / every idiot makes / is "which one of you / is the dad?" / I guess it's me, though. / I'm the one who always / punches the prick / and regrets it. / [i come rough, tough like an elephant tusk.]
A Softer World: 349 those who would sacrifice / Liberty for Security / are eligible for / a tax credit! / [I deserve a new car!]
A Softer World: 350 My sister doesn't want to / try to bring our mother / back from the dead. / Some things are meant / to be, she says. / And I figure she means / her inheritance. / [family, part one.]
A Softer World: 351 Mom's funeral. / One chance. / Play it cool. / "Oh, I accidentally / cut my hand / over the grave." / "I'm just gonna / mutter in latin / for a while." / [family, part two.]
 
A Softer World: 352 Dear diary, tonight / my mother dug out of / her grave and bit me. / My sister hit her with / the shovel. / Which I think she / was planning anyway. / [family, part three.]
A Softer World: 353 I don't know for sure / whether our mother / came back different. / She won't answer our / questions, she just / smiles with her teeth / and licks her lips / if we get too close / to the cage. / [family, part four.]
A Softer World: 354 How do you pick / a stranger to kill? / My mother has to eat, / whether I feel guilty / or not. / I guess there are no / advice columnists for this. / [family, part five.]
A Softer World: 355 In the end it doesn't / matter if this creature / is really our mother. / We feed it things / and tell it about / our problems. / It's still all / about us. / [but now my oedipal dreams are way grosser]
A Softer World: 356 You were not a mistake. / I made the right choice, / keeping you. / Given the information / I had at the time. / [hindsight is bullshit]
 
A Softer World: 357 She wasn't perfect / but I loved her, / you know? / I would kill / everyone here / to bring her back. / Anyway, good luck / class of 2008. / [Is that guy even a student here?]
A Softer World: 358 when i figure out / how to do this / all by myself / your planet / is doomed. / [tell me, where is evil bred, in the heart or in the head?]
A Softer World: 359 there are no / sweeter words / than this. / nothing lasts forever. / [Sure, play another song. I've got nothing better to do.]
A Softer World: 360 I am a cheerful, loveable / performing clown, lady. / It is perfectly reasonable / for a human in my position / to inquire where / the tasty neighbourhood / children are. / [You are terrible hosts.]
A Softer World: 361 Calm down, guys. / We can ride this out. / Just convert all our stock / to kittens for now. / They just get fluffier / and fluffier. / [BUY BUY BUY HAHAHA OH MY GOODNESS HELLO OH HELLO THERE]
 

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