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“I carry a map case full of scenarios because like sand it can give me traction when words from another intention ask to come in and the dictionary yells out they are liars.” quote by Landis Everson — Download Open image

““I carry a map case full of scenarios because like sand it can give me traction when words from another intention ask to come in and the dictionary yells out they are liars.””

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“The birds swoop nearer. They are gulls. Why, then, We must be close to the ocean! Indeed, The sounds of your music come clearly, Composing themselves in the air. It was written, I think, that I'd find you Against some sort of crazy crashing backdrop That could go on forever, being an awful bore, Then change into a storm. But…

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“I guess love first requires empty arms with a sun between them before clouds start to fill spaces.”

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