lifeasalyricWhisper

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mawi didn't want to be back here / how come im back here / you were the one that brought me here in the first place
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Jul 4, 2022
lie stranger (light friend #2)today has been so long and so tiring; i think i should lie / down. the anxiety has me feeling like a stranger / a lot lately. it’s not the only thing getting me down
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Apr 10, 2021
BurnI'm the kind of girl who burns through guy friends like rubber on tiers, like sulfur on matches, like gasoline and kerosine and flameward moths. / But I don't want to burn through you. / We just go together so well—like puzzle pieces.
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Mar 1, 2021
Prayer"Oh God," she says, hands clasped together, fingers entwined, knees bent. / He doesn't answer; /he does. / /he answers with earnest, continued, devoted worship,
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Mar 1, 2021
RemnantsEvery little move, every soft step, every breath I take, / I am reminded of him; I am reminded that he was here. / I savor the subtle soreness, the secret that only we know
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Mar 1, 2021
Sonnet For MeditationI await him, naked, head bowed, kneeling / With leather and rope he binds me tightly / Deft hands’ feather touches send me reeling
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Mar 1, 2021
JazzIs it too much to ask that we / just lay around with our / cigarettes and coffee and jazz
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Mar 1, 2021
ReincarnationResurrected, I arose / for mornings thick with lust / and love and caffeine and naked kisses
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Mar 1, 2021
Small DeathThe French call an ****** / “la petite mort” or “the little death” / tango with lips, teeth, and tongue
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Mar 1, 2021
Crescentonce I was a waning crescent, pale and thin—incomplete / a silver sliver of light peeking unwanted in between the / folds of the velvet, midnight sky
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Mar 1, 2021
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