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Closing the Book on Love

Our love was like a library

Everything inside us was used

And outdated

We were constantly shutting

Each other up

And when we finally did talk

We discovered ourselves

Long checked out

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56 / M / The Exclusion Zone

Published: Dec 11, 2019
LinesWords: 832

Tags: #love #relationships #library #metaphor #books #couple #breakup #frustration

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