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Chris Rockwell

Apr 28
1 min

4/27: "Matchstick Angel"

Fell in love With a matchstick angel Who knows how to Light me up Inside

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 22
1 min

4/22 Blackout No. 1 "Radiohead But Not the Band"

Some of us Make the music Others are The music It's always difficult To determine Which one You are

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 20
1 min

4/20 "Some Lights Never Fade"

4/20 “Some Lights Never Fade” Statues crumble behind posing tourists Their smiles are the trivialities of a fallen Rome Some soldiers are...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 19
1 min

4/19 "Have You Seen Untamed Heart?"

4/19 “Have You Seen Untamed Heart?” Her heart is a wild thing And I honor any day waking up Next to a soul so beguiling Is surely a reaso...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 16
1 min

4/16 "Boredom is No Excuse to Go Outside and Play"

4/16 “Boredom Is No Excuse to Go Out and Play” Being not alone In your loneliness However comforting Is no real remedy For the loneliness...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 15
1 min

4/15 "SN2016aps"

4/15 “SN2016aps” I knew I loved you The moment I saw your smile Love travels At the speed Of Light Sometimes It occurs That two stars Can...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 14
1 min

4/14 "A Fire So Pretty You Forget it Can Burn You"

4/14 “A Fire So Pretty You Forget it Can Burn You” The dew Glistening In the sun On the Spider web Momentarily Makes you Forget about The...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 13
1 min

4/13 "That's Why They Call Jesus the Comeback Kid"

4/13 "That's Why They Call Jesus the Comeback Kid" When they say That Jesus died for our sins They mean we fucked up so bad That there wa...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 12
1 min

4/12 "Kingfisher Cove"

4/12 “Kingfisher Cove” My town has grown up Since I lived there When I was a boy With shredded knees In the 1994 summer air When I look a...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 11
1 min

4/11 "God Doesn't Have the Cure Either"

4/11 "God Doesn't Have the Cure Either" Last night I crashed On god's apartment floor Woke up with a kink in my neck Thinking right about...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 10
1 min

4/9 "One More About President Trump and I'll Let You Go"

4/10 “One More About President Trump and I’ll Let You Go” This is what you get When you publish the rough draft When foreign objects Get ...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 9
1 min

4/9 "For Sir Paul Kelley"

4/9 “For Sir Paul Kelley” In college I was a bird that flew into a window And kept trying to fly away Thinking I was perfectly fine He saw...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 8
1 min

4/8 "My Mom's Favorite Thing To Do"

4/8 “My Mom’s Favorite Thing To Do” My mother’s absolute favorite thing to do Isn’t visiting the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center Isn...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 7
1 min

4/7 "songbirdsun"

4/7 "songbirdsun" The sun shines indiscriminately You cannot abuse it’s radiance No one of us could use more than they need Leaving too l...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 6
1 min

4/6“Authorities Say the Dog Was a Very Sweet Girl”

4/6 “Authorities Say the Dog Was a Very Sweet Girl” This morning I read in the news About a high speed pursuit Down Interstate 5 Across t...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 5
1 min

4/5 "I May Have Failed at Physics but I Will Not Fail at Us"

4/5 “I May Have Failed at Physics but I Will Not Fail at Us” If you look closely enough We are electrons and protons And neutrons and a n...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 4
1 min

4/4 "The Word of the Day is Disproportionate"

4/4 "The Word of the Day is Disproportionate" "As of Friday morning, African Americans made up almost half of Milwaukee County’s 945 cas...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 3
1 min

4/3 “There Are More Pyramids in Peru Than in Egypt”

4/3 “There Are More Pyramids in Peru Than in Egypt” Some things I tell myself Are That love is patient That love has no loopholes That my...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 2
1 min

4/2: "Fear of Success"

“Fear of Success” Never accept defeat Before the competition Even starts But learn to accept it If ever you are defeated Avoiding the sol...

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Chris Rockwell

Apr 1
1 min

4/1: “On Running the Electric Juicer at 6:13 AM”

The neighbors Are banging on the walls And the ceiling Because we are too much love To be kept in one tiny apartment And we are bursting ...

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