things that make me nervous.
things that make me laugh.
ask me hard questions.
give absurdity its due.
both or either.
i don’t ask for much.
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just all I ever wanted.
make it true.
take me someplace I recognize.
take me to a place I’ve never been.
you wanna surprise me.
that’s gravy, too.
you wanna dance me around the room
with your finesse of the thing?
spin my head? rock my world?
that’ll do.
— Brian Hutton
Anchorage
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