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I have discovered / the difference between / you and him;
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Dec 23, 2012
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My body / ached for you. I ache for you. My shoulders pop / my knee caps too.
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Nov 20, 2012
2:25 AM
My night was spent freezing the fat on my body / and listening to a boy, younger than I, / speak about shooting his mother and sister.
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Nov 8, 2012
2:41 AM
My feet are swollen when I wake up, / place souls on the ground and the blood rush is enough / to keep me going.
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Nov 8, 2012
A Corny Love Poem
I like how this all started - history notes then a drunk hike. / I like that I believe you when you tell me it'll be alright. / I like how we can talk for hours and neither of us get bored,
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May 12, 2013
A Little Bit Empty
I'm going to the city on Friday / while I wish still that I could be holding your hand. / I realized a while ago that most of my poems
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Dec 5, 2012
animal crackers
Ten milligrams of adderall, bought from the girl across the hall. / Speaking in a British accent because I'm lovely at lying, / and even better at believing it myself.
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Nov 19, 2012
Answers
Cracks in glasses / on a screen / on a gravestone
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Nov 27, 2012
Breakthrough
It's like the kids on the white house lawn sticking flowers in guns. / Only this time, someone takes a swing for their friend / screams for their sister, brother, mother
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Dec 25, 2012
Center
If my heart were made of blown glass / and if someone were holding it and carelessly tripped up the stairs / I would collect all the shattered bits in a dust pan
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Dec 27, 2012
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