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I once met a boy on the school bus I used to ride I find it ironic that I was walking down the aisle When I saw him --- He had a girlfriend and charisma I had a heart and innocence In one weekend he took both of them --- That Saturday I snuck out to see him Alcohol had him intoxicated Infatuation had me --- A single cloud hung in the sky An entire galaxy composed of water droplets He pointed at it *"If I wasn't so wasted, I'd swear that's the Milky Way"* "We're standing on the Milky Way" --- "I want to kiss you right now" "You don't even know me" "What don't I know" Everything "Name a hobby of mine" "Writing" Lucky guess "My favorite actor" "Ashton Kutcher" I shook my head "Leonardo Dicaprio" then "Patrick Dempsey" then "Ryan Gosling" "He was" "Past tense - Who is" "You are" "What role have I played" "A role in my life" He laughed then insisted that he wasn't playing anything He promised me that he wasn't acting --- "You won't even remember this in the morning" "If I do" "If you do, tell me-" "Last night we were standing on the Milky Way" "Yeah tell me that" --- "Last night we were standing on the Milky Way" He laughed when I tilted my head "You remembered" "Everything" I folded those words and put them in my pocket He folded my heart and placed it in his --- But his promises were Shorter than my nails. (When I bit them) And that evening, his mother found My heart in their washing machine A victim to the rinse cycle --- He deserves an Oscar.
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Jan 26, 2012
Jan 26, 2012 at 9:46 PM UTC
Standing on the Milky Way.
I once met a boy on the school bus I used to ride I find it ironic that I was walking down the aisle When I saw him --- He had a girlfriend and charisma I had a heart and innocence In one weekend he took both of them --- That Saturday I snuck out to see him Alcohol had him intoxicated Infatuation had me --- A single cloud hung in the sky An entire galaxy composed of water droplets He pointed at it *"If I wasn't so wasted, I'd swear that's the Milky Way"* "We're standing on the Milky Way" --- "I want to kiss you right now" "You don't even know me" "What don't I know" Everything "Name a hobby of mine" "Writing" Lucky guess "My favorite actor" "Ashton Kutcher" I shook my head "Leonardo Dicaprio" then "Patrick Dempsey" then "Ryan Gosling" "He was" "Past tense - Who is" "You are" "What role have I played" "A role in my life" He laughed then insisted that he wasn't playing anything He promised me that he wasn't acting --- "You won't even remember this in the morning" "If I do" "If you do, tell me-" "Last night we were standing on the Milky Way" "Yeah tell me that" --- "Last night we were standing on the Milky Way" He laughed when I tilted my head "You remembered" "Everything" I folded those words and put them in my pocket He folded my heart and placed it in his --- But his promises were Shorter than my nails. (When I bit them) And that evening, his mother found My heart in their washing machine A victim to the rinse cycle --- He deserves an Oscar.
And a standing ovation
jill
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Jan 26, 2012
Jan 26, 2012 at 9:46 PM UTC
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