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Poem #1 (Point A)
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Elliott Smith
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Point A didn't work out, so we moved on to point B
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Which was where everybody was hanging out anyways
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At first there was a lot of talk about point C
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And some speculation about D, and the points after that
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But as time went by at point B
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This kind of talk made everybody annoyed
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I mean, point A hadn't worked out for anyone
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Except for a couple folks in the past
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And they just receded immediately to point C, supposedly
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Actually for most people at point B
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If you could gain their confidence
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They'd practically scraped out A's existence
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The more time that passed at point B
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More suspect even the idea of point A became
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Not just for us, but really for anyone
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Including those people who left
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So we trashed point A because it worked great wonders for us
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In consoling ourselves about the fact that point B
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Had begun to look increasingly like a permanent home for us
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So there were a few ladies around, dreamer types
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Who refused to cop to point B
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And suddenly insisted on this possibility
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As well as C, D, E and on out to Z
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But this made everybody feel bad, you know
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Like they were lacking, or failing
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So it was tacitly agreed upon that these people were just crazy
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And since they wouldn't pledge their allegiance to point B
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It was hard to accommodate them
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But some usefuls eventually made a bit
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Which didn't pay well
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But seemed to appease them
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And amuse the rest of us for a while
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Until the bulk of them developed dehabilitating addictions
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And died off
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Then we were sad
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But not overly so, and not for too long
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Because it was these addictions that did them in
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Not point B, not us
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I mean, christ, we gave them what they wanted
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Which was condescending applause for their little dances and songs
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Pictures and skits, humorous memoirs
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Filled with melodramatic and ridiculous nonsense
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All about points A and C
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Which, come on, you know it's useless
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If you live in the real world
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Shit, I couldn't get anything done anyways
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Because people are always calling me on the telephone
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Saying, "We love you Jesse, we love you Joseph
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We love you Helmet, we love you Draco
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We love you Tricky Dick, we love you Lawn, Ron
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And even Dan, even though you can't spell for shit
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But we don't love you
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Despite the fact that you have no vision
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But because you don't and we don't either"
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I could barely keep my own campaign going
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With all the freaks and distractions from point B
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Much less drum up some interest about other people's crap
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In other people's places
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You can't live in a castle made out of sand unless it's got a sand bank
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That dispenses actual paper currency
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I mean, the point is we live here, in the middle, point B
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So get with the fucking program
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Sure you might ask, "What is the program?"
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And I won't really be able to tell you
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But I will really be able to rent it
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And that's good enough for me, because that's the way things are
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Point A, point C, D, T, O, N, A, T, O, B
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