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Do you know what home feels like? When I found you, I remembered  I didn’t even know I had forgotten Isn’t that funny?  How everything you’ve ever wanted creeps in when you aren’t looking  But I was always looking for family  So when I found them  It felt like I was dreaming  Or maybe I finally felt like family too  I sit up at night  Studying both sides of my hands  How much time did I lose?  Was it a dream, after all? I couldn’t have been asleep that long Your breath still bathes the skin of my shoulders Your hands still fumbles in my blankets  I still feel you I must have had too much to drink because when I woke you were just.. gone and I was on  A stranger’s couch  Kindness on the table cooked perfectly  Every smile feels like The Truman Show, honestly  Wait  Wasn’t I just with my family?  Don’t I have family?  I was just thinking of my family  Could you tell?  Do I look like I need it? Can you tell I’ve been violently weeping in the wood? I’m some sort of ghost, will you take care of me? Have I skinned my knees? My palms sting. Did somebody say something when I was out because there’s a sheet of softener in here and everything is dry even though you have to hit the button every 20 minutes and I always forget to come back  It’s sweet to know at least somebody’s mother is watching my clothes while I step out for air You didn’t have to I should say thank you  I look around  Last in, first out  Not a scratch in my day but  How long do you spend here?  Cleaning all the clothes in the house  My house is small  So sometimes I let my basket build for weeks  So I can stay a little longer Flaunting XLs like I got somebody at home  Oh, I hear him making dinner now Throwing the pan across the room when I smash my finger putting away the cart, making a scene just to hear me laugh He’s on his knees in seconds just to **** the blood from my knuckles and                  Get this,  He doesn’t even  Spit it out       He looks up smiling and says,  “What would people think?”  Now, the sight of blood makes me dizzy But it isn’t the color  I’ve always known how to clean up after myself but it feels Harder now      To have less in my basket     I’ll just take my time folding                                                  Anyway, I like the lighting in here
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Dec 2, 2020
Dec 2, 2020 at 1:00 PM UTC
big apple laundry
Do you know what home feels like? When I found you, I remembered  I didn’t even know I had forgotten Isn’t that funny?  How everything you’ve ever wanted creeps in when you aren’t looking  But I was always looking for family  So when I found them  It felt like I was dreaming  Or maybe I finally felt like family too  I sit up at night  Studying both sides of my hands  How much time did I lose?  Was it a dream, after all? I couldn’t have been asleep that long Your breath still bathes the skin of my shoulders Your hands still fumbles in my blankets  I still feel you I must have had too much to drink because when I woke you were just.. gone and I was on  A stranger’s couch  Kindness on the table cooked perfectly  Every smile feels like The Truman Show, honestly  Wait  Wasn’t I just with my family?  Don’t I have family?  I was just thinking of my family  Could you tell?  Do I look like I need it? Can you tell I’ve been violently weeping in the wood? I’m some sort of ghost, will you take care of me? Have I skinned my knees? My palms sting. Did somebody say something when I was out because there’s a sheet of softener in here and everything is dry even though you have to hit the button every 20 minutes and I always forget to come back  It’s sweet to know at least somebody’s mother is watching my clothes while I step out for air You didn’t have to I should say thank you  I look around  Last in, first out  Not a scratch in my day but  How long do you spend here?  Cleaning all the clothes in the house  My house is small  So sometimes I let my basket build for weeks  So I can stay a little longer Flaunting XLs like I got somebody at home  Oh, I hear him making dinner now Throwing the pan across the room when I smash my finger putting away the cart, making a scene just to hear me laugh He’s on his knees in seconds just to **** the blood from my knuckles and                  Get this,  He doesn’t even  Spit it out       He looks up smiling and says,  “What would people think?”  Now, the sight of blood makes me dizzy But it isn’t the color  I’ve always known how to clean up after myself but it feels Harder now      To have less in my basket     I’ll just take my time folding                                                  Anyway, I like the lighting in here
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29/Brooklyn
Dec 2, 2020
Dec 2, 2020 at 1:00 PM UTC
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