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closing your eyes is only the second hardest part of each night

it may not be

that you are addicted

but maybe that only cigarettes

can make you feel the kind of buzz

that you felt back in the summer

and it may not be

that you have become accustomed

to the unwashed sheets

that lay on your still frame

each night

but that the slight smell

of his cologne

still dances in the seams

and it may not be

that you wake up each morning

not because of the sun

seeping into your eyes

but because you keep telling yourself

that today will be the day

and darling,

it is not

that you aren't beautiful anymore

but just that you cannot see your

reflection

behind the backside of tears

that nobody know when

will stop falling

{hko}

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