her mouth opens to a different animal
I suddenly win at Scrabble the greenhouse falls apart
she starts driving in the middle of the road
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still looks the same takes off before
the hitchhiker can put his bag in the boot
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at the dinner table her words unpractised
she swallows sounds like wutu ffnus ffawefe
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her mouth opens to a different animal
as if talking loudly in her sleep
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we stay still stun-hug her
lost for polite verbs and look
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away when she spits adders and gems
stunted uncertain delicate
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she was finally found under a bridge
silenced she looked the same until the end