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Single in the City

By shagopia

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Where the Wind Blows

By shagopia on Wed, 29 Sep 2004

My gypsy sister straddles my heart with her hands. to tell it of footsteps by firelight of ancient palms spread open to tea cups and tarot cards of calloused soles and black eyes drawn to drumbeat dances in the sand
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