Paperman

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comfortably bundled
in cheap pleather and jersey.
A nice gesture.

Ladies love a Jackalope

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Cigarettes are bad
Jackalope doesn't care 'cause
he looks fucking cool.

Happily ever afters exist in your mind

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countless evenings spent
creating scenarios
where you change your mind

I guess it's okay

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You're bitter now, like
the salt and vinegar chips
we shared on Thursdays

I wasn't expecting to see you

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The whole world just stopped
I heard my heart popping, cracking
like broken plastic

"How am I supposed to make a girl fall in love with me if I'm not Iron Man?"

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I'd hold her in my

arms and we'd fly away, but

I'm not Iron Man.

Flying Ace

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Found love, adventure
But we knew it was only
a carnival ride

Autobots pog and a plastic gold coin

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I collect tickets
photographs, all evidence
of time I've wasted

Emotions Toggle

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searched my entire
body to find the off switch
you held the remote

You jump, I jump, Jack

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Our foreheads and
noses touched. For a second, we
were just there, breathing