emily-brienWhisper

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AdulthoodI wanted to be better than what / I’ve become. Like maybe a / real individual: An intellectual
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AspirationsTo cry and cry until / I drown in my tears / Or scream and scream
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Loquaciously VerboseThe verbose ramblings of memory’s script, / A loquacious brimming cup to which I bid myself sip, / An evanescent longing to drink deep and ponder,
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The Counterfeit CornucopiaHow strange / That this inedible feast / Should be arranged with such care:
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Light SourceThe moon and lamppost lead me on / To lighted windows and blue neon / Inside, buzzing freezers filled with trash
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Almost ThereI am one month from forever, / Caps and gowns and then forever, / One night from a breakdown,
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Suicide by DroolI am slowly drowning in / The pool of drool I’m sleeping in, / And I am dreaming happily
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The Willow TreeDrooping bows, / Touch the ground, / With time they grow,
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Rationale for DistractionI lose my mind in passing time / Absorbed by every fleeting find / Consumed by all the world outside;
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Staring at your teeth while you talkStaring at your teeth / While you talk / I see the white peak from yellowed roots
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