From song-cycle, THE VICIOUS CYCLE, based on the poetry of Dorothy Parker.
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gleam
ing
pain.
The
next
time
I
died,
they
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laid
me
deep.
They
spoke
worn
words
to
hall
ow
my
sleep.
They
tossed
me
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pe
tals,
they
wrea
thed
me
fern,
They
weigh
ted
me
down
with
a
mar
ble
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urn.
And
I
lie
here
warm,
and
I
lie
here
dry,
And
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