jillyan-adamsWhisper

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A Bedside StoryWhen I turned ten, I knew / The world was mine / With the
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Jun 27, 2011
AgainI want to kiss you until your lungs turn white / and you need my body's heat to seep and / fill your empty crevasses
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Jun 10, 2012
albatrosspressing the tight muscles of my shoulders / hard against the stillness of the air / leaning into the melody and out of it again
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Jun 3, 2013
And thenI would kiss you / until the stars threw themselves from the heavens / and begged to be clothed in flesh and blood
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Feb 7, 2013
A Tutorial on How to Fight Another Man's WarStep 1) Speak any language you want. / Helpful Tip: When men die, it doesn't matter what language they speak because all screams sound the same. / Step 2) Worship any god you please.
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May 27, 2014
Before I wakeShe was small. / The top of her head only just / came to my chin -
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Dec 23, 2012
Begging silence.So tell me why I dream / of dying / as long as it's in your arms
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Nov 30, 2012
"Bless me, Father"Dirty hands, gun-powder face / Pressed against holy robes, / Begging final forgiveness.
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Feb 28, 2013
changes.my life isn't the one i've had for / twenty / some odd
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Nov 30, 2012
Death's LamentThere’s something burning on the / Blackout strip of highway. / Light and movement
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Jan 31, 2013
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