# Thayer Street Grammar

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{
<start>
<line1> % <line2> % <line3> % <line4> % <line5> % <line6> % <line7> % <line8>
}

{
<line1>
_ ! On Thayer ! and <street> ! _
}

{
<street>
Power Street | Charlesfield Street | Benevolent Street | George Street | Waterman Street | Angell Street | Olive Street | Meeting Street | Cushing Street | Bowen Street | Fones Alley
}


{
<street2>
Power | Charlesfield | Benevolent | George | Waterman | Angell | Olive | Meeting | Cushing | Bowen
}

{
<line2>
_ ! <number> <duration> ago ! _ ! _
}

{
<number>
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
}

{
<duration>
years | months | days | hours | minutes | seconds
}

{
<line3>
_ ! at <number2> miles an hour ! _ ! _ 
}

{
<number2>
40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90
}

{
<line4>
with `getFirstPossessive();` <body-part> ! pressed against the ! <adj> <car-part> ! _
}

{
<body-part>
cheek | lip | ear | mouth | nose | head | hair | heart | brain | skin | face
}

{
<adj>
cold | hot | burning | freezing | hard | wet | dry | sharp | bright | dark
}

{
<car-part>
glass | windshield | leather | wheel | window | road | pavement | window | door | street sign | street lamp
}

{
<line5>
`getSecondPossessive();` <body-part-2> <verb-phrase-0> ! right into ! <scenery> ! _
}

{
<body-part-2>
face | eyes
}

{
<verb-phrase-0>
staring | looking | blinking | glancing | gazing
}

{
<scenery>
the road | the rain | the periphery | the darkness | the pavement | my <scenery-2>
}

{
<scenery-2>
headlights | windshield | eyes | face | lights
}

{
<line6>
and the <rhythm> of ! <sound> ! <verb-phrase-1> <adv> ! against the <car-part>
}

{
<rhythm>
rhythm | sound | lilt | throb
}

{
<sound>
<adj> water | `getSecondPossessive();` voice | `getSecondPossessive();` whispers | `getSecondPossessive();` breath | `getSecondPossessive();` sigh | `getSecondPossessive();` screams | `getSecondPossessive();` thoughts | oncoming traffic | honking cars | the sirens | the radio | the saxophone
}

{
<verb-phrase-1>
beating | drifting | pulsing | vibrating | crashing
}

{
<adv>
steadily | fitfully | violently | slowly
}

{
<line7>
_ ! `getFirstPronoun();` <verbed> `getSecondPronoun();` ! <location> ! _
}

{
<verbed>
kissed | loved | struck | saw | watched | held | touched | wanted | imagined
}

{
<location>
on the bus | in the car | in the SafeRide | on the street | on the sidewalk | on the pavement | in the intersection | in the crosswalk | under the stoplight | by the busker | by the homeless man | by the street sign | by the window | at the door | in the alleyway | by the street sign | by the street lamp | by the street car | in the cab
}

{
<line8>
_ ! <verb-phrase-2> ! <evocative> ! _
}

{
<verb-phrase-2>
thinking of | looking at | dreaming of | hoping for | wishing for | remembering | reminiscing about | caught by | trapped by | captivated by | listening to
}

{
<evocative>
`getSecondPossessive();` <object> | `getFirstPossessive();` <object> | the <object> | a <object> | `getSecondPronoun();`
}

{
<object>
smile | blood | body | face | voice | word | kiss | song | gaze | dream | girl | boy | man | woman | future | past | lie | truth | love | scent | misery | saxophone
}