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popcorn was snapping in the hot oil on the kitchen stove |
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and the sky through the kitchen window was cold and poised and threatening. |
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heard your voice come lilting through the wall. |
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I heard your voice come sailing from the other room. |
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let the young lions come. |
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let me break their jaws. |
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let the young lions come out. |
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let me break their jaws with my bare fingers. |
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coffee was dripping through the paper filter cone. |
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the hip scent of it nearly knocked me out. |
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I heard your voice come lilting through the back of the refrigerator. |
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I heard your voice come breaking through the wall. |
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let the young lions come out. |
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let me talk them out of it. |
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let the young lions come. |
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let me break their jaws with my bare fingers. |