kairee-franzenWhisper

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1:32 am, January 1st, 2016I should be tired, / but all I feel / is every piano strike
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Jan 3, 2016
1:52 AMI tried to find / the perfect words, / most poetic line,
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Apr 7, 2013
All I really wantedAll I really wanted / All I was trying to do / All I was seeking
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Jan 24, 2013
Am I saying goodbye?Is this how I want to leave my legacy? / But is a legacy worth leaving / Once it’s been tattered and crumbled?
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Jun 2, 2012
A Mother's LoveA mother’s love / Is cleaning the scrape on her knee / When she’s fallen off her bike.
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Nov 10, 2011
An Aimless WalkWith each step / the keys swinging from my wrist / lightly graze my thigh,
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Jun 5, 2015
A Newer Kind of Anatomy and PhysiologyThey say a torn muscle is forever weaker in its function, even upon healing, and can easily be re-torn in the same area. They also say bones never break in the same place twice. Their breaking point repairs itself to even more immense strength. / The heart is a complicated ***** with hollow chambers that pump us full of life. It is made of muscle… / But mine wasn’t.
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Oct 6, 2016
A New Kind of Anatomy and PhysiologyThey say a torn muscle is forever weaker in its function, even upon healing, and can easily be re-torn in the same area. They also say bones never break in the same place twice. Their breaking point repairs itself to even more immense strength. / The heart is a complicated ***** with hollow chambers that pump us full of life. It is made of muscle… / But mine isn’t.
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Jan 31, 2016
An open letter to (almost) every man I've dated in my adult lifeI am the last step before you reach the end of the staircase, / the one you push against to climb to the top. / The grime from the bottom of your shoe leaves me filthy and dark.
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May 10, 2020
A Piece Without a PuzzleMy house is filled with pictures / of people I never see, / keeping its aura of eerie serenity
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Mar 31, 2019
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