a radio with guts

it was on the 2nd floor on coronado street

i used to get drunk

and throw the radio through the window

while it was playing, and, of course,

it would break the glass in the window

and the radio would sit there on the roof

still playing

and i'd tell my woman,

"Ah, what a marvelous radio!"

the next morning i'd take the window

off the hinges

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How the Moments Come
      Strange.
Strange how the moments come;
Those moments upon which one’s world turns.

Some seeming insignificances - pure coincidences:
Chance at its most mercurial
Dealing hands which break the bank or bust,
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Instant Pleasure--Rufus Wainright

I don't want somebody to love me
just give me sex whenever I want it
'cause all I ask for is instant pleasure
instant pleasure, instant pleasure

You in traffic for all eternity
how could that speed be where you wanna be
said don't you really want instant pleasure
instant pleasure, instant pleasure

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I like songs that make me feel like something important is going on when I listen to them.  I want to feel changed after every song I listen to.  I also like to listen to songs that have a certain pertinence to my life.  With this criteria in mind, I give you this song.

Air--Ben Folds

Saw a silhouette across a fluorescent
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Holland --Sufjan Stevens

All the time we spent in bed
Counting miles before we set
Fall in love and fall apart
Things will end before they start

Sleeping on Lake Michigan
Factories and marching bands
Lose our clothes in summer time
Lose ourselves to lose our minds
In the summer heat, I might

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