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I, Lou Paloma, do hereby request that the following items be given to their rightful owners To my dearest mother- I leave you my promises The ones tucked gently under my pillow Unblemished Those dreams I never mentioned Keep them safe Make sure no one ever knows I cared I leave you a brother more adequate of your affection More worthy of your testimony Do not mourn me wild woman I am leaving you with nothing Soon, I will be nothing to you too To Billy- I leave you my body Take me This spoiled temple And discard me like the heathens do Transform me into nothing more than the dust that I deserve to be Forget the rules you always follow Forget about me brother Burn me at the stake And don't let the smoke settle I leave you my wife Take her And see her as whole again Pick up the pieces I left in the kitchen On the living room carpet Scattered across the tree lawn And give them back to her Like the pieces of jigsaw from Christmas morning Watch her place each piece more confident than the last Enjoy every move she makes- It will make you whole too To Irene- I leave you my house The one I couldn't pay for The home you never adopted Make it your own Treat it like you did me Take those tender hands Outline each crevice my fist created Patch the holes when it starts to crumble It will crumble soon Oh Sweet Irene I leave you my dignity Set it like spare change on the nightstand Knock it under the bed when the time comes I leave you those scars From the first time And the last time And every other time therein I leave you with vows never honored I leave you here without me I will leave you alone now Like you always wanted it to be
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Nov 13, 2014
Nov 13, 2014 at 10:07 PM UTC
The Trap: The Last Will and Testament of Lou Paloma
I, Lou Paloma, do hereby request that the following items be given to their rightful owners To my dearest mother- I leave you my promises The ones tucked gently under my pillow Unblemished Those dreams I never mentioned Keep them safe Make sure no one ever knows I cared I leave you a brother more adequate of your affection More worthy of your testimony Do not mourn me wild woman I am leaving you with nothing Soon, I will be nothing to you too To Billy- I leave you my body Take me This spoiled temple And discard me like the heathens do Transform me into nothing more than the dust that I deserve to be Forget the rules you always follow Forget about me brother Burn me at the stake And don't let the smoke settle I leave you my wife Take her And see her as whole again Pick up the pieces I left in the kitchen On the living room carpet Scattered across the tree lawn And give them back to her Like the pieces of jigsaw from Christmas morning Watch her place each piece more confident than the last Enjoy every move she makes- It will make you whole too To Irene- I leave you my house The one I couldn't pay for The home you never adopted Make it your own Treat it like you did me Take those tender hands Outline each crevice my fist created Patch the holes when it starts to crumble It will crumble soon Oh Sweet Irene I leave you my dignity Set it like spare change on the nightstand Knock it under the bed when the time comes I leave you those scars From the first time And the last time And every other time therein I leave you with vows never honored I leave you here without me I will leave you alone now Like you always wanted it to be
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Nov 13, 2014
Nov 13, 2014 at 10:07 PM UTC
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