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5

Whenever I get angry
I shall break a dish.
Before I die
I shall have broken
Nine hundred and ninety-nine.

6

I went into a vacant house
And smoked cigarettes.
I wished to be alone.

7

In the soft drift of snow
I buried my hot cheek.
I desired that kind of love.

8

I came to a shop filled with mirrors,
And was amazed
At the miserable spectacle
Of myself walking.