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we wandered in the incandescent halls of walgreens, / my fingers stitched in your back pocket, your freckles / painted.
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Aug 5, 2013
2:30 am
i take showers at 2:30 in the morning, / because i believe it helps me think and / be O.K. with the fact that you can sleep without me,
25
Jul 9, 2013
30/60
do you ever feel like / you hold the most love? / you would take a bullet
10
Jan 15, 2013
7 shots
disappointment is like that 7th glass of ***** you shot back. / in the beginning, the transparent liquid seems enticing, your heart beats / with new rhythm. (your glands water, your pupils dilate)
22
Feb 4, 2013
absolutely, definitely, no question
before, i was content with (sort of) / escaping into the sigh of the night. / before, i was happy with (a little bit)
14
Nov 19, 2012
accident
911 used to be scabbed on the back of my / knees, and soaked carpets / were like coming
20
Feb 15, 2014
addict
i think i'm your drug, i know you're mine. / with a breath, you drink me in. with a puff, i exhale you out. / it's hard to see past the vapor, the air is pungent with our fever.
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Jul 24, 2012
admit
i don't want to admit this / i'm too scared to say it out loud / so instead, words on paper
55
Apr 3, 2011
after him
after him, your kisses felt strange, / your lips too chapped and your tongue intruding. / after him, your body felt awkward,
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Jul 24, 2012
all you do is cut me down.
"What are those?" You pointed to the scraggly white lines bruised upon my stomach. / "You know what they are," is what I wanted to say. But I bit the words and swallowed them and felt them pin and ***** my inner linings. I wanted to drive a razor across your skin, make sure you bled the same. / "Nothing."
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Sep 12, 2013
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