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Time crumbles over the years, eroding under the weight of "I should have been theres", and "backwhens", and "I miss yous". And, as it erodes, it leaves the bittersweet smell of what was, complete with a little taste of memory on the back of your tongue that will never quite go away...
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Dec 10, 2013
Dec 10, 2013 at 2:45 AM UTC
To Erica
Time crumbles over the years, eroding under the weight of "I should have been theres", and "backwhens", and "I miss yous". And, as it erodes, it leaves the bittersweet smell of what was, complete with a little taste of memory on the back of your tongue that will never quite go away...
Apparently, I wrote this in my sleep. I hate it when I do that.
jon-martin
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Dec 10, 2013
Dec 10, 2013 at 2:45 AM UTC
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