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I will never pay off the debt
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that comes with being a silent lover;
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and I can't tell you all it
1m
Mar 22, 2017
absence of flesh is not always what makes a ghost.
I call the men who have ran off
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with my affections
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phantoms,
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and rightfully so;
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for they oft
1m
Mar 23, 2017
...and knowing that breaks me like an old rubber band.
you give me half-hearted winks
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that seem forced
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out of obligation,
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and you spit my name
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into
1m
Mar 23, 2017
Could you love a broke man?
Every wallet I've owned has seen
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more dust and identification cards
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than an abandoned asylum. /
2m
Mar 6, 2014
Do (not) let your guard (not be left not) down.
I protect my heart
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because I don't trust my sternum
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to be man enough to take the impact
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of cir
3m
Mar 22, 2017
Even sparklers shine like 13 mortars
In learning we don't have to always share a bed with fear,
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it's those flashes of chance that bring
1m
Mar 22, 2017
Hanakotoba
I feel with shy hands
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and speak from a shy mouth,
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and I wish I knew well enough
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before I threw
1m
Mar 22, 2017
He's still writing these letters for you.
If it wasn't clear, I've come to be okay
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with the fact that the world's plans
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will always reach
1m
Mar 22, 2017
I always imagined your backyard looked this beautiful to the blue jays.
love is taking a walk
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through the woods,
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and setting off a trap
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that swings you
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as high as t
1m
Mar 23, 2017
I always wipe the blood off my heart with the hand I shake with.
you're Woodside's Arcanine,
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and it took me five years and an hour
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to finally find you,
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and by
1m
Mar 23, 2017
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