Richard Siken's book "Crush" has a lot of quotes that reminds me of Disco. These are some of them:

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You miss the point:
the face in the mirror is a little traitor,

the face in the mirror is a pale

and naked hostage and no one can tell

which room he's being held in. He wants

in, he wants out, he wants the antidote.

He stands in front of the mirror with a net,

hoping to catch something.

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In the dream I don’t tell anyone, I’m afraid to wake you up.

In these dreams it’s always you:

the boy in the sweatshirt,

the boy on the bridge, the boy who always keeps me

from jumping off the bridge.

Oh, the things we invent when we are scared

and want to be rescued.

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In the dream I don’t tell anyone, I’m afraid to wake you up.

In these dreams it’s always you:

the boy in the sweatshirt,

the boy on the bridge, the boy who always keeps me

from jumping off the bridge.

Oh, the things we invent when we are scared

and want to be rescued.

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In the dream I don’t tell anyone, I’m afraid to wake you up.

In these dreams it’s always you:

the boy in the sweatshirt,

the boy on the bridge, the boy who always keeps me

from jumping off the bridge.

Oh, the things we invent when we are scared

and want to be rescued.

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A man takes his sadness down to the river and throws it in the river

but then he’s still left

with the river. A man takes his sadness and throws it away

but then he’s still left with his hands.

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Posted Dec 11, 2023, 9:36 AM UTC

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