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12 AM silent tears, matty hair, wet cheeks, exhausted sockets 1 AM runny nose, hushed sobs, escaping eyelashes 2 AM car horns, brisk winds, rising goose flesh 3 AM screams, pain, quiet 4 AM unsteady breathing, ripping apart of pearl necklaces 5 AM cocking of a pistol's safety 6 AM whiskey breath, ***** tongue, an empty orange juice carton 7 AM chattering of neighbors and schoolchildren 8 AM shouts of husbands and wives briefly forgetting how to love each other 9 AM ringing of flower shop cashiers, whistling of tea kettles 10 AM guilt, ample remorse for the undead 11 AM business lunches, speedy dates, short ***** to pass the time 12 PM recollections of a first kiss in Central Park, replay of 12 hours ago 1 PM promises to meet for dinner someday, hair salon gossip 2 PM chiming of church bells, unanswered prayers to invisible gods who doubt your purity 3 PM catcalls, ignored pleas of attention 4 PM passing of verdicts, granting freedom 5 PM wasted apologies, divorce papers being signed 6 PM an old woman's sheets ruffling for a final time, descendance of the sun 7 PM lighting of street lamps, laughter over pizza, beers and a dining room table 8 PM locked doors, readings of bed-time stories 9 PM whispers of "I love you", murmurs of "I'm sorry", snores of a newborn 10 PM breaking bottles, crashing glass, foggy windows, smoky glances 11 PM blood stained clothes, yells of fear, the sounds of a lonely girl running into a busy city street
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May 23, 2014
May 23, 2014 at 12:32 AM UTC
The Day After
12 AM silent tears, matty hair, wet cheeks, exhausted sockets 1 AM runny nose, hushed sobs, escaping eyelashes 2 AM car horns, brisk winds, rising goose flesh 3 AM screams, pain, quiet 4 AM unsteady breathing, ripping apart of pearl necklaces 5 AM cocking of a pistol's safety 6 AM whiskey breath, ***** tongue, an empty orange juice carton 7 AM chattering of neighbors and schoolchildren 8 AM shouts of husbands and wives briefly forgetting how to love each other 9 AM ringing of flower shop cashiers, whistling of tea kettles 10 AM guilt, ample remorse for the undead 11 AM business lunches, speedy dates, short ***** to pass the time 12 PM recollections of a first kiss in Central Park, replay of 12 hours ago 1 PM promises to meet for dinner someday, hair salon gossip 2 PM chiming of church bells, unanswered prayers to invisible gods who doubt your purity 3 PM catcalls, ignored pleas of attention 4 PM passing of verdicts, granting freedom 5 PM wasted apologies, divorce papers being signed 6 PM an old woman's sheets ruffling for a final time, descendance of the sun 7 PM lighting of street lamps, laughter over pizza, beers and a dining room table 8 PM locked doors, readings of bed-time stories 9 PM whispers of "I love you", murmurs of "I'm sorry", snores of a newborn 10 PM breaking bottles, crashing glass, foggy windows, smoky glances 11 PM blood stained clothes, yells of fear, the sounds of a lonely girl running into a busy city street
new type of style I decided to try out; it's a time table of the day after
spontanecurls
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May 23, 2014
May 23, 2014 at 12:32 AM UTC
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