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1. Hardcore Nice Guy
Can I dress you for school? Here's a t-shirt from my band. Remember this rule: we never shook hands. This tough guy act is a mic wire wrapped around my fingers tight, and if I play this one card right...
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2. Damaged Men
I surround myself with damaged men that gorge themselves on younger women, call them out by age, not name, and then they start around the circle to see who's eaten the youngest heart."Damaged men,...
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3. Elizabeth Brown
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4. Pity the Artist
These hacks can't learn my songs. They never, EVER sing along. I'm so, so, so alone on stage with the microphone. Once we collect the door, I'll pack my things and go. This isn't a game, you know. I'm...
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5. ROCKETS!
Every fall the leaves start to defect. I hope the kids get home before the streetlights find them, and on Hallowe'en we play a little game. We hide in cardboard boxes from the passing helicopters. The...
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6. You Should Make Mistakes
We are people you should know because we always know what's best, and better men than you have died trying to figure out what's next, so we put the guesswork to rest. Play with bands everybody knows,...
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7. Suri Cruise-Missile
Little girl, I was just like you. I was raised as a weapon too. Your little hands can't block the lights and sounds, your own room is a battleground. Tread water through expectations. Never step...
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8. Holy Shit! Giant Spiders!
Holy shit! Giant spiders! What are we going to do now? When we were younger we had plans for the apocalypse--we knew which exits to take, we knew which exits to seal. Now that it's happening I don't...
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9. Konami Code of Conduct
I ripped off my first head when I was nine. My fingers ran red with cherry kool-aid dye. But I always ate my veggies, I never failed a test, I never tried to rip a real man's heart from his chest....
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10. The Luxury of Forgetting
Thirteen years old, my dad put a rifle to her head. He said I had a choice to make, the wrong one made her dead. The day I lost her, the day I lost you. The rifle clicked and I charged with a shout. My...
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11. Boss Fight
I platform through 25, a world I'm not equipped yet to survive. -1 Suits and Cartoon Ties. But I float right through my days, ignoring the warning signs that somethings coming on the right. Who will...
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12. Patchwork Children
You would deny the beating hearts of these put-together boys, but they worked so hard to not have to work in the lumber yard. There's a generation of patchwork children that taught us a little about...
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