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  1. Jan 2023
    1. Oh, you got that James Dean daydream look in your eyeAnd I got that red lip classic thing that you likeAnd when we go crashing down (now we go), we come back every time'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style

      repetition

    2. 'Cause you got that James Dean daydream look in your eyeAnd I got that red lip classic thing that you likeAnd when we go crashing down, we come back every time'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of styleYou got that long hair, slicked back, white T-shirtAnd I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt (a tight little skirt)And when we go crashing down, we come back every time'Cause we never go out of style (we never go), we never go out of style

      repetition

    3. He says, "What you heard is true, but ICan't stop thinkin' 'bout you and I"I said, "I've been there too a few times"

      although he is cheating on the author, he makes it seem like she was fine with it, that i why he keeps going back to her

    4. You got that long hair, slicked back, white T-shirtAnd I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt

      repetition of how each of them look, possibly putting forth the idea that they are good together

    1. I lost two cities, lovely ones.

      the author has lived in two different cities, and although she has left those cities, she still recalls how much she loved them.

    2. I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or next-to-last, of three loved houses went.

      the author has moved three times, leaving those house behind, but not it's memories.

  2. Dec 2022
    1. and filling the lanes in tandem, moving    together as brothers passing the ball

      tandem is when two people work together to do something, and comparing the forwards to brothers emphasizes how well they work together

    2. who looks stunned and nailed to the floor    in the wrong direction, trying to catch sight

      the defender fell, leaving him surprised as to how this event occured

    3. an underhand pass toward the other guard    scissoring past a flat-footed defender

      the word scissoring shows the cut made by another player looking for a pass

    4. and spinning around to throw a strike    to the outlet who is already shoveling

      references another sport (baseball), with the mention of a strike, which shows the speed and precision of the pass to the outlet (another player)

    5. A hook shot kisses the rim and hangs there, helplessly, but doesn’t drop

      the word helplessly shows that while the shot is falling, the ball seems to be lonely in the air