michael-devoeWhisper

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5/30 Worry PeaksThe jagged edges of my fingernails are mountain ridges of anxiety I’ve chewed into their earth / I climb them daily / But the storms are so severe and I often turn back
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Apr 6, 2018
4/30 HandsThere’s not a whole lot of my body I’m proud of / I’ve got an extra ten pounds on each my toes I gotta lose / My mirror is the biggest ******* I know what with always showing me, me, and ****
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Apr 5, 2018
3/30 Two Miles Down Lincoln Ln. Saluda, N.C.There is a little boy / Who walked a dirt road / It was lined with birch trees
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Apr 4, 2018
1/30 SmoothShe’s using the word smooth like it’s a venereal disease / Says I have too much of it / Doesn’t want to catch it
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Apr 3, 2018
2/30 So Why TrySometimes when I’m playing Tetris I leave small gaps when I could complete lines / I do this to keep from winning / Sometimes when I am cooking dinner I leave out one ingredient
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Apr 3, 2018
ButterfliesI am a teddy bear made from loosely sewn together patches of cardigans passed / You are a warrior trapped inside a glass jar full of butterflies they sewed inside of my stomach. / You, warrior, hunt monarch dragons from the backs of black bears draped in the patchworked wings of fallen enemies
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Oct 29, 2017
BootstrapI have proverbial boot straps / And I pull them everyday / They bundle tight the kitchen knives
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Sep 18, 2017
CustodyThe last time we were in court she said I could have Ava’s Roasters / But here I am and here she is / What the hell
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Sep 18, 2017
This Too I LikedHis hands were callused and cracked / They were rough on my cheek / I had never been pulled in the way Clark Gable pulls them in
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Mar 21, 2017
Wobble and SwayAlright so if you walk in to my bedroom / Pressed in the far corner is my bed / The headboard against the left wall
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Nov 8, 2016
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