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Random Poem:

waiting in line for the haunted house
psychedelico
the air is bitter	1
while the rain bears down	2
in treads on our	3
capped heads	4
while we wait, huddled,	5
in a line befitting forever.	6

my teeth chatter	7
in beat with violent	8
body shivers.	9
"october's a little	10
brisk this year, ain't it?"	11
and i give you a glare	12
indicating that dry humor	13
will not dehydrate	14
my sweatshirt.	15

your head lolls to	16
the side and you wonder	17
how cold i really am	18
and how much i'm	19
exaggerating	20
as the storm picks up	21
and the line shuffles	22
another two feet.	23

having decided i was	24
more frigid than attention	25
starved, you reach out	26
and embrace me with	27
all the warmth of the summer	28
sun seeping from your body	29
to mine.	30

for a moment i linger	31
longer than warranted	32
while your chin digs affectionately	33
into my cloaked head,	34
and i forget your lame joke,	35
and the haunted house,	36
and my frozen toes,	37
and the rain.	38
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