mary-torrezWhisper

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dreamcatcherinky black skies / pricked by pinholes of light / above our heads with your hand in mine
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Spring CleaningI tear through cobweb-curtains / in the attic of my mind and gather / dusty memories and things long lost
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Oil and WaterI didn’t mind the incongruence of our hearts / as we melted together like sticky-sweet ice cream / on a nostalgic summer day, and I wore your
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Junior and the Purple Roller SkatesWe said not to wear / them inside, but now what I'd / give to hear their sound
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suicide post-it #9I am hollow / but my blood still flows / in sticky red ribbons
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To Love a PaintingYour hands were paintbrushes birthing art / upon my hide, creating new landscapes over / the tired contours of my barren canvas-skin
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Painted DreamsI know a girl / with wandering eyes / who paints her dreams
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Contrived Smilesyou stand in front of your bathroom mirror / with puffed-red eyes and dried-tight cheeks / as you practice your smiling and deception
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DemonsThe girl I love / has demons inside her head / and beneath her demure facade
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My Best FriendI stitched a quilt from the parachute / I wore when I fell for you / It exploded from my backpack
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