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 Jul 2018 JAC
Lvice
Completeness
 Jul 2018 JAC
Lvice
I could
Easily be
Without you,
I just
Wouldn't be
As full.
 Jul 2018 JAC
Lydia
All we Were
 Jul 2018 JAC
Lydia
They missed a few spots when the were filling potholes on the road
You and I bobbed up and down like children with their favourite song
We laughed so hard when we hit smooth pavement that I had to pull over

When we were kissing, I felt the sky lapping around us like ocean currents
When I came up for air, you were surprisingly still
Like I had caught you at an incomprehensible moment in between heartbeats

When your dad died, all the way over in California, so did you
I like to think that I know CPR,
But what I really know is that when I’m not looking, you beg God to trade places
I’m sorry I couldn’t get there in time

When we met, it was purely because you were lucky enough to catch me breathing for once
Our dorm was having a talent show, and the girl you haven’t noticed sitting in the front left corner of every chemistry class you have ever taken used to be a dancer

When I got sick again, you let the air conditioner wash over me
I couldn’t sleep with the noise, so you said, “Fine. We’ll just have to watch cooking shows until your brain melts out and clogs your ears.”
It didn’t take long

Your hands kept me from falling off the sidewalk
Kept the crazy down in the back of my soul
Kept my hair up neatly
Your hands brought me closer to you and to God and to myself
Until all we were was together
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 Jul 2018 JAC
Tristan Brown
Imperfection is a blessing
Imperfection allows us to be better
Every single day

So be better
 Jun 2018 JAC
everly
anoche i had a dream that there were really bad thunderstorms
and so after every rumble of the storm
i’d count
one mississippi, two mississippi
three mississippi, four mississippi

and i woke up and you weren’t by my side
and i was worried and you know how careful i get
and i turned off all the acs
and took out all the chargers
      boom
one mississippi, two mississippi
three mississippi

i look for your keys and they’re not here
only your imprint on the bed and i’m frantic..
Bruno is whimpering so i let him hop up on the bed as i stroke his back..
but then i heard my name from the outside
       boom
one mississippi, two mississippi
and it was calling me from a window from the top floor of the house across
from me
and it was you
but there was no more time left
       boom
one mississippi
 Jun 2018 JAC
skyler
liars
 Jun 2018 JAC
skyler
remember the boy at the window in the white button down?
and the girl grinning from inside?
remember the two of them sitting under the moon covered in bug spray and each others arms?
remember them talking about a future they claimed they wanted?
remember the look in their eyes when they saw each others faces?
remember how happy they seemed?

turns out, they're liars

that boy called her outside to taste her skin and kept her in his back pocket so on his bad nights he could take her out and pour himself into her to forget his problems. he did not love the girl, she was simply an addition to his body count.

that girl wrote ****** poetry and told everyone she was great to hide the fact that she wanted to scream and burn every reminder of that boy from her memory because she knew she was just an object. she told the stars she did not love him and her subconscious filled her dreams with his face.

they were filthy liars,
hooked on the idea of love


s.s
 May 2018 JAC
Lydia
Dead End Jobs
 May 2018 JAC
Lydia
If this is what she considers "feeling alive," I think she's got it a little mixed up
See, I understand skydiving, once or twice
But she's driving too fast just to get to work in the morning

She would have done anything to get high and not lose her job
And that is the exact reason they drug test dead-end cooperate desk jobs
So instead, she stays up late watching cooking shows
She tried painting her nails and cutting her hair but she's still exactly where she started

See, we were wrong about how many of us would grow up to be doctors
Some of us were relieved and some got bored
But almost none of us could afford med school
She goes for runs, eats too much ice cream, takes vacations
But she's never coming back
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