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Like Vines
I met you by the terrace walls when we were young / I was more graceful and prettier, but you were more interesting / And from then, you'd snagged my heart
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The Song of the Nettle Gatherer
Father! / Father, I’ll join you! / I’ve brought you wreaths of orchids and daisies to compensate for lost time.
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2 AM
if you’re only truly yourself at 2 A.M. / then i’m ******* / because i’m all never ending nonsensical babble
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Still Living
A short pause in my life in which I’m still breathing. / Ten minutes, one hour, two days—we’re going on a week here. / Pushing on in the hopes that ****** functions will resume as normal.
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Cycle.
Restore / One click and it’s gone / A library of knowledge at your disposal, you’ve finally disposed of
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Stories
There’s a story on her arm, weathered and worn / A story never to be rewritten, always to be retold / Black ink stands stark against pale skin
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Something Borrowed, Something Blue.
She found bruises, / bruises she didn’t remember getting. / She gave herself a pinch
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