Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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And one for Mahler!

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Jen Deaderick
Apr 03, 2021
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Someone to hold you too close
Someone to hurt you too deep
Someone to sit in your chair
And ruin your sleep

Someone to need you too much
Someone to know you too well
Someone to pull you up short
To put you through hell

Someone you have to let in
Someone whose feelings you spare
Someone who, like it or not
Will want you to share
A little a lot

Someone to crowd you wi…

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