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once ye know, ye can't escape
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he knows now
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give a man a fish
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what she wanted
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none of those kisses
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the better angel
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if wishes were horses
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it was always there
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it's been 47 years,
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selfish, she knows
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nightclubs, yes
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she suspects
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'j. geils slept here'
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after months of disruption
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he doesn't believe
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after 13 years
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how did they know
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she knows
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she's decided
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when they asked
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when his therapist says
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he answered,
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'the plague stopped here in 1666'
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at 21
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'when one
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he hadn't always
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if her family
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he's learned how to say
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on cloudless nights
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lockdown? travel ban?
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he knows
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hope may be
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this is my door
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their love
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he loves her so much
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she knows
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the original practitioners
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they promised to meet again
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doomscrolling again
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he's made
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she's done the calculations
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last night he dreamed
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as it turns out
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she likes
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when had he become
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gone fishing
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ready to admit
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one autumn night
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they've learned
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-why
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before scattering
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scheißenfreude
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all these years
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she's learned
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if only
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halfway home tonight,
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actively seeking
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the following night
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she wishes
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he watches
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in her reflection
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no dungeon
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–what do you want
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every night
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seventeen summers ago
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he glanced back
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she's forgotten
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he was tired
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in their last
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they know
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her mother
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hours earlier
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suddenly
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every few months
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the corollary
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she realized
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absinthe
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over her protests