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s./j. goldner - Only as loud as the complaints you make.

2014-11-07 2 Dailymotion

found an old composition
the other day
on negativity.

positively
no
counter-acting
optimistic
essay

but a rubric
for a negative
number
essay

and i thought

how early
at fourteen-

the system
taught me
in fifth grade

that negative
was right

was necessary
was mandatory

to pass
class.

s./j. goldner

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