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If I responded with "I'm doing good."
You'd say "You're doing well."

If I said "Oh! The king from Thor was-"
You'd say "Odin. His name is Odin."

If I asked "What did you think of the movie?
You'd say "It was terrible. The dialogue was atrocious, the plot was  sloppy, the actors were bellow par and I hated the fact that they both survived"

If I told you "I love you."
You'd say "I know"

You're just so Vulcan...
But I've always liked Vulcans.
Someday someone
will love me like they do in the summer
even when the snow falls.
 Mar 2014 Jeremy Duff
Ingenue
waking up is hard.
a coffee mug filled with *** can make it a little easier
yet if you're sad enough, it doesn't **** the pain.
it fogs your vision but it can't end the desolation
school in a drunken haze
tripping down stairways, colliding with passerbys
but somehow with or without medication, school remains painful
all the people you love and have loved. all the people you hate. all the people you care not to know.
all gathered in one place.
so many faces bring back memories and regrets.
they are impossible to avoid.
some hurt.
many do.
and when you see him, from the corner of your eye and he grabs her waist and pulls her in
you can actually feel everything inside of you drop.
you pull out another cigarette. maybe two more, maybe three, because there is no way you can make it through another moment without them.
you push the tears back into your eyes, put a smile on your face, and even when a tear happens to leak, you tell people you had only just yawned.
And you carry on, another empty day.
 Mar 2014 Jeremy Duff
EP Mason
Why do I keep on
                          making mixtapes, and writing verses
                                                          ­          and detailing 10 page letters
                                                         ­                                      you will never receive?
© Erin Mason 2014
i once dated a boy who found it "adorable" that i know how to change my headlights
     fill my radiator
     change the oil
     and notice every stopsign as i'm halfway through it
he dumped me via text

before that
there was a boy who loved my lack of first person capitalization
     my over-use of metaphores and similies
     the way i personify the night
     and practice preforming poetry in the shower
he took off into the sunset with my journal in his shoulder-sack

and somewhere in between
i stopped asking myself what it means
threw up my hands
     and learned to enjoy the ride
"every day, it's a'gettin closer,
rolling faster than a roller coster.
love like yours..."
They all tell me wonderful things.

You're too beautiful.
You're too intimidating.
You're too smart.
You're too good for them.

It's not that I don't believe them,
   it's just that:

I'm too ******* lonely.
How about that?
 Mar 2014 Jeremy Duff
Mike Hauser
My wife has been asking for a divorce
I'm thinking this time that she is right
It's been a long time in the making
And I know I've put up a good fight

All the time that we've spent together
Must now come to an end
It's true it's you that I cling to
But this is best if the relationship is to mend

Of course I'm a little bit nervous
And this will take time to adjust
But cutting ties is the best of advice
So cutting ties I feel is a must

I think back years ago to the very first call
I picked it up innocently enough
It didn't take long for you to take over my life
Where I fell under your spell, thinking it love  

We've been side by side from that moment
I've held you tenderly all of this time
I'm finding it hard to let go of you
But it's best that we part and say our goodbyes

For all good things must come to an end
And we both had a good run of course
So I'm telling you now "Cell Phone" my friend
From you I need a divorce...
Love stained my soul
like
charcoal
But somehow you
Made it under my skin
I tried to dig you
Out of my veins
I bled out
But you stayed in
It strikes down
Like thunder in the night
Black and Blue
But all I see is swirling red.

His words worse than blows.
Silent tears begin to flow
He is all I see.
My black knight.

Head throbbing
Throat closing
All of me sinking
Air depleting.

Voices swirling,
Through my Head.
Like Water twirling,
Far above my head.

Red stars falling,
Wishing they would come,
Take away the pain.
Oblivion.

Why did he have to blow,
My will away
I'm left empty of all but sorrow,
Water Fills my Veins.

Good Bye.
Behind veil and dagger,
Lays saddened eyes,
Patiently waiting,
For pain to fade.

Looming Shadows stalk,
Through crowded streets.
Fighting demons,
To break away.

Flight on feet,
Running with all her might,
But under a tree
Sits the light.

Enchanting eyes,
Open mind,
A melting smile.
Seen over miles.

She trips and stumbles
Masquerades fumble.
Takes a seat
Against all odds.

Demons and shadows surround,
But she has found,
Her new ******* bliss
Her perfect kiss.

The demons all miss
Their old ******* bliss
That now sits
With what she can't resist.

A shadowy kiss,
Away from the light,
Makes her Tremble
As if a leaf from his tree.

Tears shed,
Colors shown,
He leans in
To kiss the girl.
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