caitlin-drewWhisper

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Aging Like Fine WineSilently and scrupulously looking at my dad for a minute, I asked, / *"What is it like to get old?"* / He turned his attention away from the computer screen
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Nov 29, 2012
AmalgamatingI forgot what it was like / to stay up past the point of exhaustion, / just to see my phone light up
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Sep 23, 2012
An Open Letter To Boys Wanting LoveYou'll love her with all your skin, tongue and lungs. / The way that the air is just so much more crisp whenever she's in proximity to your hands. / It turns the scattered dust in the atmosphere into magnifying glasses
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Nov 25, 2012
A Running List Of Things To Think Of Instead Of YouA month after radio silence, / seven cities away, / I heard you were with another girl
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Mar 18, 2015
Autumn EnsembleZipper your arms around me, / and meld into my eyes. / Button your lips to mine,
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Oct 9, 2012
Before We CombustWhen they tell you you are made of stars, / do not let them forget what stars are made of. / Stars are not glitter, not stickers on the ceiling,
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Sep 5, 2014
Bereaved FundamentalsThese words. / These seemingly futile words. / They're all I have.
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Oct 1, 2012
Beta Testing FriendshipLet's sit on the back of your tailgate for old times sake / Looking at hands that used to hold / Connected to arms that kept each other from the cold
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Sep 20, 2017
Body CastYou were there for so long, / keeping me up right and locked / in the same position
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Mar 18, 2015
Call Me AndromedaMy heart is a compass and you are the North. / I want to tell you that / you are the stars,
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Aug 27, 2014
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