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Abbattoir Archie Wilson	She sat with her back to the wall cuddling a red rag doll, her eyes gazing into some safe...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Why I flinch Niki Betsill	Sit here and explain to you Why I sit with my back to the wall of every room And why I'm afraid of my own shadow And if the volume is loud enough Even...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Why I flinch Niki marie	Why I sit with my back to the wall of every room And how I'm afraid of my own shadow And if the volume is loud enough Even...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Why I flinch Niki Marie betsill	Sit here and explain to you Why I sit with my back to the wall Of every room, And why I'm afraid of my own...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Mr and Mrs Discobbolos Edward Lear	'...	Rate it (4.00 / 1 vote)
"In A Small Pond" Kurt Philip Behm	Secure in the fantasy, my back to the wall Returns to diminish —the big to the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Brown Bess Rudyard Kipling	You will find her, upstanding, her back to the wall, As stiff as a ramrod, the flint in her...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Coming Up for Air Menachem Rephun	Or stand with my back to the wall I'll come up to talk and I won't be afraid Even if you don't turn around, it won't hurt...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Conqueror Robert William Service	As bloody-browed I smite, Back to the wall with shattered sword When darkly dooms the night; Though hoarse they cheer as I go down...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Laid Bare Kurt Philip Behm	feeding the fear Everything revealed —your back to the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Night of Misfortune Thomas Warmbrodt	Back to the wall, limbs sprawled Out before me, legs and arms Ripe with...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Out Of Gas — Again (unedited) Kurt Philip Behm	In the far corner of the Hogan, and with his back to the wall, sat an Indian man bare-chested and shoeless, with his head bowed and hiding his...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Scared and Alone Bailey Hayward	remember the time i traced the cord back to the wall unplugged it from its outlet and I...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Strict Joy James Stephens	“Behold me now, with my back to the wall, Playing music to empty...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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